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turn to and join in the hunt. 'When there's nort 

 else to do an' p'raps thee ca'st pick up the price o' 

 a drink quick. . . .' While the great seas, break- 

 ing well out, are pounding the foot of the beach 

 and are rushing up It slantwise, so that the swish 

 of each run and the rattle of the under-tow sound 

 all one, without any break, men stand along the 

 sea-wall and nod prophetically. 



'This here'll shift summut,' says one in much 

 the same tone as an old woman speaks of death 

 shifting her neighbour into the next world. 



'This'll strip It down to the bare bones,' echoes 

 another. 



And then the treasonable hope peeps out — 

 treasonable because a beach good for combing Is 

 as bad as can be for boats. 



'Lady lost a gold watch hereabout last summer.' 



*Thic won't be wuth much time it's found, If 

 ever 'tis.' 



'Must ha' been some money dropped, too, wl' 

 all they there people squat about.' 



'I've a-know'd sovereigns found. 01' Jimmy 

 Steer picked up three or four besides sil'er after 

 thic gale — must be up thirty year ago now. Aye, 

 an' spade guineas ! I found one, only didn't do to 

 say so at the time, else they'd ha' been a'ter 'ee for 



