I say, what a weight you are! Let's put him ashore, Sep.

He's too big a Big for a boat like this." "Make good ballast," said Bigley, laughing good-humouredly.

"Boats are always safer when they are well ballasted." "I daresay they are, but I like 'em best without Big lumps in 'em.

I say, how far out shall we go ?" "Oh, about a quarter of a mile, straight out, over the Ringlet rocks.
You pull, I'll watch the bearings, and drop out the grapnel.

Pull hard!" We rowed away steadily, while, to save time, Bigley took out his pocket-knife and, taking a board from the bait-basket, laid it upon the seat, and began to open the mussels and scrape out the contents of the shells ready for placing them upon the hooks when we reached the fishing ground.
For I may tell you that knowing the bottom well has a great deal to do with success in sea-fishing.