He deals along the south an' east shore up yonder." He nodded in the direction of the pitiless Newfoundland beaches.

"Dad won't never take me ashore there.
They're a mighty tough crowd--an' Abishai's the toughest.

You saw his boat?
Well, she's nigh seventy year old, they say; the last o' the old Marblehead heel-tappers.

They don't make them quarterdecks any more.
Abishai don't use Marblehead, though.

He ain't wanted there.