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146 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA It is allowed to run onto the sturgeon with the boat. It is absolutely forbidden to throw the spear over the other boat or over the heads of your crew. In towing the sturgeon the fathom-mark must be over the gun- wale — at least six feet of line should be out when the fish is in tow. It is not a foul to have less, but the spearman must at once let it out if the umpire or the other crew cries fathom! " The spearman is allowed to drop the spear and use the paddle or oar at will, but not to resign his spear to another of the crew. The spearman must be in his boat when the spear is thrown. If the boat is upset the referee's canoe helps them to right. Each crew must accept the backset of its accidents. TILTING IN THE WATER For this we usually have two boats or war canoes manned by four men each. These are a spearman, who is also a captain, a pilot, and two oarsmen. Huet of 7iltn<l Sfi$2^^ The spearman is armed with a light pole or bamboo 8 or 10 feet long, with a soft pad on the end. Sometimes this is