I40 ALONGSHORE m 



quenchless vigour at the windward oar to help the 

 boat along. 'But us an't been down for nort. 

 We've a-set some broken-'winged ducks right. 

 Aye ! I reckon they inside chaps '11 wonder when 

 they sees their lanyards taken up, an' so '11 thic 

 starch-collar interloper when he goes down along 

 t'morrow to hunt lame ducks for his dinner. 

 Lord, what a night 'tis, to be sure! 1 an't never 

 see'd a better, an' I don't suppose I ever shall. 

 'Not now,' he added. 



