16 The Wine-Dark Sea - Libro della tutto

Patrick O'Brian The Wine-Dark Sea
'Why, sir,' said Vidal, 'I should say it is a Yankee
barrel; but I sailed out of London River,
and never was in those ports. Simon and Trotter
would know more.'
'Pass the word for Simon and Trotter,' said
Jack, and they instantly stepped on to the
quarterdeck.'
'Martha's Vineyard,' said Trotter, turning the
barrel in his hands.
'Nantucket,' said Simon. 'I was married there,
once.'
'Then how come it has Isaac Taylor's mark?'
asked Trotter.
'Well, any road,' said Simon, looking fixedly
at Jack, 'this here is a Yankee barrel, sir, what
they call a Bedford hog in New England; and
it has not been in the water a couple of days.
There is no sea-clummer on it. And the dowels
is sound. They would never have heaved it