None of these came any nearer than the fourth had done.

Then they tried another at a less elevation, which struck on the ice-field, and came skipping along as the first had done; but it fell short.
"Old Red-face will have to give it up, I guess."' said Kit.

"He wants to hit us awfully, though! If he hadn't a loaded ship, bet you, we should see him coming up the channel between the islands there, swearing like a piper." "In that case we would just 'bout ship, and lead him on a chase round this ice-island till he got sick of it," remarked the captain.

"'The Curlew' can give him points, and outsail that great hulk anywhere." "He's euchred, and may as well go about his business," laughed Weymouth.
"And that's just what he's concluding to do, I guess," said Donovan, who had borrowed my glass for a moment.

"The ship's going round to the wind." "Yes, there she goes!" exclaimed Wade.
"Possibly they may bear up through the channel to the west of the ice-island," said Raed.
"Hope he will, if he wants to," remarked Capt.Mazard.