Here are dice.

The numbers run as high as twelve--double sixes.

All who throw under six, stay; all who throw over six, go.

Officers of the _Wanderer_ and the _Sea-mew_, do you agree to that way of meeting the difficulty ?" All the officers agreed, with the one exception of Wardour, who still kept silence.
"Men of the _Wanderer_ and _Sea-mew_, your officers agree to cast lots.
Do you agree too ?" The men agreed without a dissentient voice.

Crayford handed the box and the dice to Captain Helding.
"You throw first, sir.