cluk-cluk-cluk

Updated: May 1, 2025

I had raised my head with a start, and I now placed my cheek against the oak staves, and stood with every nerve in my ear straining to catch the sounds. I waited a good while, for it was only at intervals that the ship gave her heaviest lurches, and only then did the fluid within the butt become disturbed. I waited patiently, and my patience was rewarded. There again! "cluk-cluk-cluk!"

Mayne Reid - The Boy Tar