As sure as all tarnation!"
The men jumped up, and grumbled and swore;
They also looked, and plainly saw
That the Emily lay two miles from shore,
At the smallest calculation.
Then, gazing over the side, to see
What kind of a bottom this shoal might be,
They saw, in the shadow that lay to the lee,
A sight that filled them with horror!
The water was clear, and beneath it, there,