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"On deck! " shouted the lookout at the foremast head. "Light on the starboard bow!"
"Silence, all! " cried the commander, as soon as he heard the hail from aloft. "Go forward, Mr. Pennant, silence the hands, and direct the lookout to hail in lower tones."