These were undoubtedly the oyster-beds; but how under the sun, in that wild sea, were they to get oysters?
He was quickly to learn the way.

Lifting a section of the cockpit flooring, French Pete brought out two triangular frames of steel.

At the apex of one of these triangles; in a ring for the purpose, he made fast a piece of stout rope.

From this the sides (inch rods) diverged at almost right angles, and extended down for a distance of four feet or more, where they were connected by the third side of the triangle, which was the bottom of the dredge.

This was a flat plate of steel over a yard in length, to which was bolted a row of long, sharp teeth, likewise of steel.