"It's no use to think of that while we are moored fifty or a hundred miles from the sea," continued Wilton.
"Of course not. Rotterdam is away up the river, with a bar at its mouth having only seven feet of water on it at low tide. You must go over that, or by the canal, which runs through an island. Do you know where we go next?"
"I heard some of the fellows say we were going to the southward soon."
"If that's so I should suppose we shall go into Dieppe or Havre," said Perth.
"I heard Havre mentioned. How will that suit?"
"First rate!" exclaimed the embryo captain of the proposed prize, for the Knights depended upon Perth for the navigation of the Josephine, when their long-cherished plan should be put in execution.
"I suppose we shall not stay in Holland more than a week."
"No, I hope not. Lowington is afraid we shall all get sick if we stay here long."
"Havre is just the place for us. It has an open harbor, and we can go to sea from there without any difficulty. Besides, there's another thing that will favor us."
"What's that?" asked Wilton.