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The officer had set him down as a timid man , but this conversation assured him that the captain was a brave man . He was carried away with his idea , though it was plain that he had not examined the question in all its bearings . `` When I have lifted the steamer four feet , she can go through the sound , for I have taken a boat through that drew six feet . With your men to help me , I shall get the casks down by midnight , and then all we have to do is to go ahead , '' continued the enthusiast . `` Precisely so ; and the Teaser is a screw steamer , '' added Christy . `` Of course she is ; you have known her for two months , Gilder . '' `` When she has been lifted up four feet , she is to go ahead , '' repeated Christy , in the tone of a musing man .