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"Three fathom the lead give 'em, then two and a half, then a scant two. They was drawin' six feet. Zach couldn't stand it. "'I'm goin' to anchor, he squeals, frantic. 'I believe we're plumb over to Wellmouth and drivin' right onto Horsefoot Shoal. "'It's either that or the bar, chimes in 'Bije. 'And whichever 'tis, we can't anchor in the middle of it. "'But what'll we do? shouts Zach.
Van Brunt of New York, had said that Scudder had a nice quiet island to let and maybe he could hire it. "Course Nate had an island that little sun-dried sandbank a mile or so off shore, abreast his house, which we used to call 'Horsefoot Bar. That crazy Van Brunt and his chum, Hartley, who lived there along with Sol Pratt a year or so ago, re-christened it 'Ozone Island, you remember.
The sand of the outer bar was dimpled and mottled like watered silk by the action of the waves. It sloped gradually down to meet the miniature breakers that rolled over and slid in ripples along its edge. Ellery wandered up and down, picking up shells and sea clams, and peering through the nets of the nearest weir at the "horsefoot crabs" and squid and flounders imprisoned in the pound.
I could spend the day in showing you my Aquarium; the merry antics of the blithe Minnows; the slow wheeling of the less vivacious Sticklebacks; the beautiful siphon of the Quahaug and the Clam; the starry disk of the Serpula; the snug tent of the Limpet; the lithe proboscis of the busy Buccinum; the erect and rapid march of his little flesh-tinted cousin; the slow Horsefoot, balancing his huge umbrella as he goes; the But I cannot name them all.
"'And 'bout time, too, I guess, says 'Bije. 'I cal'late the skipper's right. This IS Horsefoot and we're right between the shoals. Yes, sir, and I hear breakers. Lively there! "They hove over the mudhook and dropped the sails. Nat shook his head. "'Breakers or not, says he, 'I tell you I've smelt home for the last half hour. Now, by the jumpin' Moses, I can TASTE it!
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