human
If a body could get the craft _off_ as easily as she was got _on_, observed Daggett, as he and Roswell Gardiner stood looking at the schooner's situation,
gpt
We know it is not quite as hard as that, Daggett, was Roswell's reply;
human
If one _could_ get fairly at it! But here you see, Gar'ner, everything is under water, and an axe is next to useless. Nor can the saws be used with much advantage on ice so thick.
gpt
There is no help for it but hard work and great perseverance. I would advise that a saw be set at work at each end of the schooner, allowing a little room in case of accidents, and that we weaken the foundation by two deep cuts. The weight of the vessel will help us, and in time she will settle back into her 'native element,' as the newspapers have it.