human
There, said the skipper,
gpt
River?
human
Yes, sir--or estuary, which you like. This is the sort of one that will suit us, though as far as I can make out it is not down in my chart. So all the more likely to suit our book.
gpt
But do you think it's a river, and not a bend of the coast?
human
If it was a bend of the coast, sir, the tide wouldn't be flowing in like that. It's a good-sized tidal river, sir, and we are going to sail in as far as we can get before dark, and if all turns out as I expect, we shall be carried in past the mangroves and be able to moor to-night perhaps to forest trees.
gpt
And if we don't?
human
Why, then we shall anchor, and find plenty of good holding ground.