"Eight days would do it.

But of course this is mere fine talk.

You are not to look for any thing of the sort." "We don't," said Raed.

"But how long do you suppose it _will_ take to work up there with ordinary weather ?" "Oh! well, for a guess, eighteen days,--anywhere from eighteen to twenty-five.

Oughtn't to be over twenty-five with this schooner.