human
You know the spot, do you, Stephen?
gpt
Yes, sir, there's no mistake. That's the Horn. Eleven times have I doubled it, and this is the third time that I've been so close in as to get a fair sight of it. Once I went inside, as I've told you, sir.
human
I have doubled it six times myself, said Gardiner,
gpt
That's a mistake, you may depend on 't, sir. The sow-westers blow great guns here-abouts, it is true enough; and when they do, sich a sea comes tumbling in on that rock as man never seed anywhere else, perhaps; but, on the whull, I'd rather be close in here, than two hundred miles further to the southward. With the wind at sow-west, and heavy, a better slant might be made from the southern position; but here I know where I am, and I'd go in and anchor, and wait for the gale to blow itself out.
human
Talking of seas, Captain Gar'ner, observed Hazard,
gpt
There's no doubt of that. We have felt the swell of the Pacific these two hours; no man can mistake _that_. The Atlantic has no such waves. This is an ocean in reality, and this is its stormiest part. The wind freshens and hauls, and I'm afraid we are about to be caught close in here, with a regular sow-west gale.
human
Let it come, sir, let it come, put in Stimson, again;