“Does he see another fish, or maybe a whale or a shark?” asked Freddie.
The sailor answered for himself, though he was really speaking to Captain Crane, who was at the steering wheel.
“Land ho!” cried the sailor.
“Where away?” asked the captain.
“Dead ahead!” went on the sailor.
That is the way they talk on board a ship and it means:
“I see some land.”
“Where is it?”
“Straight ahead.”
The Bobbsey twins looked, but all they could see was a faint speck, far out in the deep, blue sea.