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Black Jack's New Boat
Ada, blackjack aims her gun at a seal snoozing on an ice floe in the ocean. Then she sews the pieces of canvas together, making sure the seams are tight and waterproof. It's not exactly like a true innuit hunting boat, but it's much lighter and easier to manoeuvre than the dory. Black jack pushes her boat into the water and junps in. She takes the two oars she carved from driftwood and starts paddling towards the seal. A wave cold tip the seal off the ice floe at any moment. But the boat is so light she has no trouble running with it.