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Updated: May 26, 2025
The fish, bursting, apparently, with even greater excitement, rushed off. "He'll smash my stick!" cried Bob. "The twine's sure to go!" cried Tim. "Hold o-o-on!" This command was addressed to his fish, which leaped high out of the pool and went wriggling back with a heavy splash. It did not obey the order, but the hook did, which came to the same thing. "A ten-pounder if he's a' ounce," said Tim.
Here a large crane had been fixed, and two of the men were up there working the windlass, by which the heavy blocks of moor-stone were raised to their places. The signal had been given to hoist one of these, when Isaac Dorkin, who stood beside the stone, suddenly uttered a loud cry, and shouted, "hold on! Ease off up there! Hold o-o-on! D'ye hear?"
Up went the end of the little ark of safety, and when one end was raised very little force was required to push it over. "Hold on! hold on! hold o-o-on!" yelled Stumps, straining to prevent the raft from leaving the ship. "No, no. Let go! let go! let go-o-o!" roared Sam.
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