He carries with him this coil of rope.

He always carries with him this coil of rope.

It's as well known to me as he was himself.

Sometimes it lay in the bottom of his boat.

Sometimes he hung it loose round his neck.
He was a light-dresser was this man;--you see ?' lifting the loose neckerchief over his breast, and taking the opportunity of wiping the dead lips with it--'and when it was wet, or freezing, or blew cold, he would hang this coil of line round his neck.