Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 757
well-1-1-1. Andoftener yet was heard the cry of the quarter-master the light glimmering in the haze on the starboardbow. Soon, too, there appeared ahead of us theyet brighter beams of the Highland lights. Thecaptain then came down from his chilly post on thebridge, with his ruddy, storm-beaten face… … FIRE ISLAND LIGHT ABEAM ! as he measured with a line attached to a leadenplummet the number of fathoms of water in whichwe moved : By the deep, nine ! By the deep,ten ! and so on through many changes. The cap-tain was grave and silent, almost rude to those whointerrupted him. The fog-whistle…
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