And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Anyone know anything about the sail setup on the boat? It looks different...
ReplyDeleteIts a flat bottomed barge. The bow sprit is stowed in upward position. Traditional lugger sail plan.
DeleteAnd, at certain periods in history, also bubonic.
ReplyDeleteSailed by "a man and a boy" (the boy could be pretty old). Used for bulk cargos, e.g., hay to London for horses, before automobiles and trains.
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