"By the deep six!" called the leadsman.
The pilot repeated the signal with the whistle, which was answered from the shore by the bell.
"Quarter less seven!"
"It is all going right, captain," said the pilot to Somers, who stood on the bridge with him.
"By the mark seven!"
"Hard a port!" shouted the pilot, as he gazed into the binnacle on the bridge.
"Hard a port!" repeated the line of officers, till the order was returned by the wheelman.
"Steady!" said the pilot.
"Mark under water seven!" cried the quartermaster in the chains.
"Keep her south by west," added the pilot.