It would be a terrible fall." "Oh, I don't know," said Ram, leaning forward and gazing down into the void.

"Water's precious deep here.

Such lots of great conger eels, six foot long, 'bout the holes in the bottom.

Jemmy Dadd and me's caught 'em before now.

Most strong enough to pull you out of the boat.
Dessay, if you went down, you'd come up again, but you couldn't get ashore." "Why?
A good swimmer could get round the point there, and make for the ledge where I saw you and that man land." "No, you couldn't," said Ram; "it's hard work to get round there with a boat.