'That's me,' sez Counahan.

'That's me iv'ry time! I've run her slat on the Bank fer you, an' when we get thirty fathom we'll turn in like little men.
Counahan is the b'y,' sez he.

'Counahan the Navigator!' "Nex' cast they got ninety.

Sez Counahan: 'Either the lead-line's tuk too stretchin' or else the Bank's sunk.' "They hauled ut up, bein' just about in that state when ut seemed right an' reasonable, and sat down on the deck countin' the knots, an' gettin' her snarled up hijjus.

The Marilla she'd struck her gait, and she hild ut, an' prisintly along come a tramp, an' Counahan spoke her.
"'Hey ye seen any fishin'-boats now ?' sez he, quite casual.
"'There's lashin's av them off the Irish coast,' sez the tramp.
"Aah! go shake yerself,' sez Counahan.