"Every time the skipper of one of these wandering trade ships gets a speck in his eye, he reports an island.

The chance for a sortie then seeming favourable, Lieutenant Anderson of the Navy headed his thirty-five merchant mates and skippers in a rush along Sault-au-Matelot Street.

"Three years ago I was skipper on my own vessel.

At first, to keep the sailboat from capsizing, the young skipper at the helm let the sheet well out.

That's been a favourite spot with the skipper for taking hold of his chart.

And, mademoiselle, if you'll be kind enough to fetch me that carafe of ice water, I'll see if we can't bring the skipper to his senses, such as they are.

That skipper from Stonington.

He's particular as a Swede skipper with that sight he's taking.

The guard there consisted of fifty menJohn Coffin, who was a merchant of Quebec, Sergeant Hugh McQuarters of the Royal Artillery, Captain Barnsfair, a merchant skipper, with fifteen mates and skippers like himself, and thirty French Canadians under Captain Chabot and Lieutenant Picard.

It is true that the Mate and the Second Engineer fox-trotted twice round the deck and into the galley, where they upset a ship's tin of gravy; and the story that the Trimmer, his complexion liberally enriched with oil and coaldust, embraced the Lieutenant and excitedly hailed the Skipper by his privy pseudonym of "Plum-face," cannot be lightly discredited; but at the same time I think each one of us felt a certain twinge of regret.

"Who are you?" "The Evan Evans, of Cardiff," responded the skipper between his hollowed palms.

Rack, is a reach or bend in the river, the whole length of which was known, as we see, to the old skippers as separate racks.

If I try to hop on your shoulder and sing, call a steward and have him lead me to my innocent white cot; but take a fool's advice, Lanyard, and don't try to drink the skipper under the table.

I was going to ask the skipper about it, as 'e seemed to know more about dogs than I did, but when I got to the wharf the barge had sailed.