The longboat's coxswain took the tiller; his four companions leaned into their oars; the moorings were cast off and we pulled clear.

Six rowers sat on the thwarts, and the coxswain took the tiller.

He took the tiller, and unmoored; the sail was set, and we were soon afloat.

Pencroft, uneasy to the last degree, yet did not despair, for he had a gallant heart, and grasping the tiller he anxiously endeavored to pierce the darkness which surrounded them.

The man at the tiller stood up and looked for the best place at which to land.

The man who had been at the tiller was replaced by one of his comrades, and the oars were rapidly plunged into the water.

The boy held the tiller, while against the red glare of the furnace I could see old Smith, stripped to the waist, and shovelling coals for dear life.

Pierre took the tiller, and, holding his cigar between his teeth,he stretched his legs on the bunk, and with his eyes half-shut in theblinding sunshine, he watched the great tarred timbers of the breakwateras they glided past.

Captain Beausire, seated between the two women, held the tiller, and hesaid:"You will see, we shall be close in her way--close."

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