I had view of Carlson dropping recklessly down the forecastle scuttle, and then sprang forward myself to give a hand to the four wrestling with the main hatch.

Inside the gate lay various rubbisha woman's boot, a broken coal scuttle, the foot of a tin candlestick, fragments of paper, sticks, bones, strawunmentionable abominations; and over the dismal scene a reeking, smoke-laden fog spread darkness and moisture.

I halted at the closed scuttle of the forecastle, for from there I could have my choice of getting aft again along either rail.

"Burn the cussed scuttle off a mite at a time.

After the introductory service, and while the hymn before sermon was being sung, a man came trudging down the aisle, bearing an immense scuttle full of coals to supply the stoves.

The hat, as Mr. Sala humorously puts it, resembles an inverted coal scuttle or bucket without handles, and pierced by many holes.

Then flung we balls, and out and clear away, Up the white slope, across the crusted snow, To where a broken fence stands in the way, Against the sky-line, a mere row of pegs, Quicker than thought we saw him flash and go, A straight mad scuttling of four crooked legs.

" At exactly that instantand just as the bottle was about to descend upon the penthousethe scuttle opened and there was thrust forth a huge yellow face with enormous sooty lips wreathed in an unmistakable smile.

There were rumours that among the articles was a silver coal-scuttle, but it proved to be a sugar-bowl in that pattern.

Eset el Gazzar in a search for air had discovered that the attic scuttle was slightly ajar.

The only semblance of fresh air found entrance through the small, square scuttle hole, attainable by means of a short ladder, and staring up at this, I was able to perceive the light of day, although so little penetrated below, the swaying slush light alone served to illumine the place, and render its horrors visible.