The crackling of the duck-boat through the reeds was answered by a roar like the breaking of a great wave. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
They stepped out on the float, and Mr. Kincaid thrust the duck-boat into the water. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
But, though the wind blew a gale, the duck-boat was so snugly hidden that hardly a breath reached its occupants. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
He was resting on his oars, and the duck-boat drifted silently by the swaying brown reeds. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
Twice the duck-boat approached so close as to alarm them into flight. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
Mr. Kincaid lifted his punt-pole and allowed the duck-boat to be carried down wind to the other side of the pond. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
A moment later a light, flat duck-boat shot around the bend and drew up at the float. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
When it was opened Bobby saw at first nothing but blackness and the flat board prow of a duck-boat that seemed to occupy all available space. ❋ Stewart Edward White (1909)
The next morning my friends clustered on the bank, giving me a kind farewell as I pushed the duck-boat gently into the channel of the creek. ❋ Unknown (1869)
The duck-boat was placed upon the bottom, while the light skiff of my companion rested upon a scaffolding above, made by lashing cross-bars to the stanchions of the wagon. ❋ Unknown (1869)
At four o'clock in the morning the duck-boat was under way, her captain cheered by the hope of arriving in Cincinnati, the great city of the ❋ Unknown (1869)
At five o'clock in the afternoon I ran into a little thoroughfare on the eastern side of this island, and moored the duck-boat under its muddy banks. ❋ Unknown (1869)
The water had risen two feet and a half in ten hours, and the broad river was in places covered from shore to shore with drift stuff; which made my course a devious one, and the little duck-boat had many a narrow escape in my attempts to avoid the floating mass. ❋ Unknown (1869)
Riddle from the Perdido, when I launched the duck-boat on Big Lagoon and rowed easterly in search of assistance, leaving Saddles behind to guard our stores. ❋ Unknown (1869)
The river was enveloped in fog; but I followed the shore closely, hour after hour, until the sun dispelled the mists, and my little duck-boat ran in among the barges at the great Kentucky city. ❋ Unknown (1869)
The duck-boat was drawn out of the water on to a low bank of the levee, and was then covered with reeds. ❋ Unknown (1869)
About ten o'clock A.M. the duck-boat crossed the mouth of the Big ❋ Unknown (1869)
On Wednesday the river began to rise, in consequence of the heavy rains; so, with an increased current, the duck-boat left her quarters about eleven o'clock in the forenoon. ❋ Unknown (1869)
I was thus forced to leave these kind people, who about noon escorted me to the duck-boat, and showered upon me their best wishes for a prosperous voyage. ❋ Unknown (1869)
I returned as fast as possible to Saddles, and trying to infuse his failing heart with courage, fastened his boat's painter to the stern of the duck-boat, and followed the course indicated by the fishermen. ❋ Unknown (1869)