'See to them!' he continued, dragging me to the edge of the abyss from whence arose that deafening clamour and those clouds of spray; 'see to them dancin', man! Is that no wicked ?' He pronounced the word with gusto, and I thought it suited with the scene.
'They're yowlin' for thon schooner,' he went on, his thin, insane voice clearly audible in the shelter of the bank, 'an' she's comin' aye nearer, aye nearer, aye nearer an' nearer an' nearer; an' they ken't, the folk kens it, they ken wool it's by wi' them.

Charlie, lad, they're a' drunk in yon schooner, a' dozened wi' drink.

They were a' drunk in the _Christ- Anna_, at the hinder end.

There's nane could droon at sea wantin' the brandy.

Hoot awa, what do you ken ?' with a sudden blast of anger.