The Dark Canoe (2013)
“With the sun we were ready to dive. Again, each man of the crew was eager to work at the pump. Even the little Indian chief wanted to take a hand, though the air was hard to breathe and the sun was fierce. My brother grimly smiled at all the eagerness and while Judd bolted on his suit, from within the brass-bound helmet I heard something that sounded like a hollow laugh.
Our four launches were anchored in a circle around the wreck. The men crawled to the gunwales and cheered once more as Ca...leb went down. The water was clear except for myriads of small fish that had found a home in the sunken ship. I saw him reach the deck, brushing the fish away from his helmet as if they were so many flies, and disappear into the hold.
When half an hour passed without a signal of any kind, uneasiness began to spread from boat to boat. Blanton wondered how he could find the barrels of ambergris among all the hundreds of barrels that held sperm oil. Second mate Still doubted that one man could handle the heavy barrels by himself.MoreLess
Our four launches were anchored in a circle around the wreck. The men crawled to the gunwales and cheered once more as Ca...leb went down. The water was clear except for myriads of small fish that had found a home in the sunken ship. I saw him reach the deck, brushing the fish away from his helmet as if they were so many flies, and disappear into the hold.
When half an hour passed without a signal of any kind, uneasiness began to spread from boat to boat. Blanton wondered how he could find the barrels of ambergris among all the hundreds of barrels that held sperm oil. Second mate Still doubted that one man could handle the heavy barrels by himself.MoreLess
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