The men'll be back like sharks after a dead whale in ha'af an hour." "What for ?" said Harvey.

"Supper, o' course.

Don't your stummick tell you?
You've a heap to learn." "'Guess I have," said Harvey, dolefully, looking at the tangle of ropes and blocks overhead.
"She's a daisy," said Dan, enthusiastically, misunderstanding the look.
"Wait till our mainsail's bent, an' she walks home with all her salt wet.

There's some work first, though." He pointed down into the darkness of the open main-hatch between the two masts.
"What's that for?
It's all empty," said Harvey.
"You an' me an' a few more hev got to fill it," said Dan.

"That's where the fish goes." "Alive ?" said Harvey.
"Well, no.