The lookout was for'ard tootin' a tin horn and his bellerin' was the most excitin' thing goin' on.

After dinner--corned beef and cabbage--trust Zach for that, though it's next door to cannibalism to put cabbage in HIS mouth--after dinner all hands was on deck when Nat says: 'Hush!' he says.

'Don't I hear somethin' ?' "They listened, and then they all heard it--all 'cept Zach, who's deef in his larboard ear.
"'Stand by!' roars Nat.

'It's a squall, dead astern and comin' abilin'! I'll take her, 'Bije.

You look out for them tops'ls.' "So Nat grabs the wheel and 'Bije tears for'ard and sends the two fo'mast hands aloft on the jump.