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Against the Rules Presents: Cautionary Tales

Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

CHAPTER

The Channel Pilot

Torry canyon, ploughing through the night across the ocean, had been pushed off its intended course by the current and the winds. It was now headed between the islands and the mainland. The standard manual for navigating the waters around the coast of the british isle is called the channel pilot. If captain rugiati had consulted a copy, here is what it would have said. First, if you want to go between the isles of sily and the mainland, be careful. Second, pass between the mainland and the seven stones. But as there is no part of the coast of england more subject to sudden changes of weather, the greatest vigilance is necessary.

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