Quotation from: Tales of the Fish Patrol

Written by: Jack London

"Name it 'n' ye kin have it!" called another.

"I swan naow, ef it ain't the old Ark itself!" mimicked the
Centipede from the deck of the Ghost.

"Hey! Ahoy there, clipper ship!" another wag shouted. "Wot's yer
port?"

We took no notice of the joking, but acted, after the manner of
greenhorns, as though the Coal Tar Maggie required our undivided
attention. I rounded her well to windward of the Ghost, and
Nicholas ran for'ard to drop the anchor. To all appearances it was
a bungle, the way the chain tangled and kept the anchor from
reaching the bottom. And to all appearances Nicholas and I were
terribly excited as we strove to clear it. At any rate, we quite
deceived the pirates, who took huge delight in our predicament.