10 me Mississippi
Twain
xperience
What did the captain tell Mark
Twain he had to do to
become a riverboat pilot
(Paragraph 29 of Life on the
Mississippi)?
The rocks four days at
er delays, the poor old
y about two weeks in
om Cincinnati to New
ne a chance to get
of the pilots, and he
er the boat, and thus
f river life more potent
A. He had to practice steering with a
steady hand and keeping watch with a
keen eye.
B. He had to get the entire river by heart;
to know it like the ABCs.
C. He had to get used to being up at night
and being alert for snags the water
vo things. One was that
e likely to sail for the
n under ten or twelve
vas that the nine or ten