"Hishaku kasé" chō

Funé no kowané ni.

[As if the nape of our necks had been sprinkled with cold water,—so we felt while listening to the voice of the ship-ghost, saying:—"Lend me a dipper!"[39]]

Yūrei ni

Kasu-hishaku yori

Ichi-hayaku

Onoré ga koshi mo

Nukéru senchō.

[The loins of the captain himself were knocked out very much more quickly than the bottom of the dipper that was to be given to the ghost.[40]]

Benkéï no