"We must expect it, and get over it the best way we can." "Now, suppose we are able to hire a schooner such as we want, with a skipper, and a crew of five or six," he continued: "where shall we make our first cruise ?" "Along the coast of Maine," I suggested.

"From Casco Bay to Eastport.
Several yachts were down there last summer.

Found good fishing.

Had a fine time.

There are harbors all along, so that they could go in every night." "Just the place for our first voyage!" exclaimed Wade.
"It seems to me," replied Raed, "that if we hire a good stanch schooner and skipper, with a crew, we might do something more than just cruise along the coast of Maine, fish a little, and then come back." "So it does to me," said Kit.