"Fore or aft ?" (Percival said to himself: "By golly, I'll bet that man is an American.") "Vat?
Land,--you know vat I mean,--the end of the ocean.

How far avay is it ?" The sailor calculated.

"Well, the nearest land, sir, I should say, is about three hundred miles away, to port." "How deep is it here ?" asked Mr.Nicklestick, moving away from the rail suddenly.
The sailor glanced down at the water, squinted an eye, and then spoke reassuringly.
"It ain't half as deep here as it is a little furder on," he said.

"It's only a shade over three miles where we are now, sir.

We're comin' to the deepest part of the ocean,--ought to be there inside of a couple of hours.