I could put my finger between her planks as far as I can see back.

Keep the pumps going there! Have you the food and water, Mr.Tomlinson ?" "Here, sir." "Lower them over the bows.

This boat cannot live more than an hour or two.

Can you see anything of the berg ?" "The fog is lifting on the starboard quarter," cried one of the men.
"Yes, there is the berg, quarter of a mile to leeward!" The mist had thinned away suddenly, and the moon glimmered through once more upon the great lonely sea and the stricken ship.

There, like a huge sail, was the monster piece of ice upon which they had shattered themselves, rocking slowly to and fro with the wash of the waves.
"You must make for her," said Captain Ephraim.