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THE SEA THAT HELD THE WORLD CHAPTER I

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Page 18: Saltgate Quay carries water, machinery and clinic boats among the islands.
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Location: Saltgate Quay

Visual description: Workers coil ropes among boats flying different island banners. A large tank barge and a small rowboat pass through the harbor.

Narration: Reef haulers carried iron puzzle presses under canvas.

Visual description: A worker secures a heavy iron press beneath a tarpaulin.

Narration: Frightened people watched for the clinic boats’ green lamps, even in daylight.

Visual description: A medical boat marked with healing symbols carries a bright green lamp.