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He is very particular about it , and it is very seldom indeed that even the first luff uses it . '' `` I suppose they think it possible that you may be chased , and there is no doubt she is far away the fastest boat on board . She is not a dockyard boat , but , as you know , is one the captain had specially built for himself , and for racing if we were at any station where there were other warships . '' When four o'clock came , and the first lieutenant , with his cloak over his arm , came out and took his place in the boat , there was a general look of surprise among the sailors leaning on the rail to see her put off , for it was a very unusual thing for the first officer to take the command when only a single boat 's crew were going out on any expedition . `` Row easy , men , '' Mr. Ferguson said , as he sat down on one side of the coxswain , while Dick took his place on the other . `` Drop quietly down the river . There is my fishing rod by your side , Mr. Balderson ; you may as well begin to put it together at once , so that the natives on shore may see that we are going on a fishing expedition . ''