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there is a little [[?exaration]] which pivots on an iron round head little pin which sticks out on starboard or on port of the rail
If the sweep is manned by 2 men one pulls the rope below [[underline]] a [[/underline]] and the other pulls sideways at [[underline]] C. [[/underline]] At the latter place there is a felt pad which covers the wood and covers his hand so as to protect it against the cold.  Sometimes sweeps are worked on both sides of the bow and both quarters of the stern, [[strikethrough]] then [[/strikethrough]] in positions a b c and d. 
[[image: diagram of boat and oars with with annotations "a", "b", "c", "d"]] 
This steady motion of the sweeps on each river boat is very 
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characteristic. For [[strikethrough]] small [[/strikethrough]] row-boats, there is also another way of using oars. The man stands at x and pushes the handles of the oars out [[underline]] towards the bow and crossed. [[/underline]]  
[[image: diagram of boat with two oars and annotated with an "x"]] 
The oars are made of two poles on which are lashed or otherwise fastened elongated padles.  There are no oar locks; but the handles of the oar locks are [[underline]] tied [[/underline]] to the single wooden oar pins or wooden pegs stuck in the rail upright so that the oar cannot be lost 
[[image: diagram of oar mechanism with sections annotated "pin", "rope", and "oar handle"]] 
this seems a very simple and practical device for an dinghy 
(See my photos)