"A dog hood lyin' dead off the port bow!" said Cap'n Saul. "Who killed un?"
Still no answer. And Cap'n Saul didn't ask again. Forthwith he stopped the ship.
"Mister Knibbs, sir," said he, to the mate, "send the crew after that dead hood."
The mate jumped.
"Cap'n Saul, sir," he replied, his eyes popping, "the ice——"
"Sir?"
"This here ice, sir——"
"Sir?"
"This here——"