"Putting in for repairs, I guess." As the bark lazily crept from behind the last of the islands, she let go her anchors and swung round with the tide.

Then the gleeful chant of the sailors at the capstan came to us pleasantly across the water.

The vessel lay within three quarters of a mile of us, and we could plainly see the men at the davits lowering the starboard long-boat.

It no sooner touched the stream than a dozen of the crew scrambled like mice over the side of the merchantman.
In a neglected seaport like Rivermouth the arrival of a large ship is an event of moment.

The prospect of having twenty or thirty jolly tars let loose on the peaceful town excites divers emotions among the inhabitants.