Fifteen tarry sailors upon the one side , and a man and a halfling boy upon the other ! O , man , it 's peetiful ! '' Hoseason flushed red . `` No , '' continued Alan , `` that 'll no do . Ye 'll just have to set me ashore as we agreed . '' `` Ay , '' said Hoseason , `` but my first officer is dead -- ye ken best how . There 's none of the rest of us acquaint with this coast , sir ; and it 's one very dangerous to ships . '' `` I give ye your choice , '' says Alan . `` Set me on dry ground in Appin , or Ardgour , or in Morven , or Arisaig , or Morar ; or , in brief , where ye please , within thirty miles of my own country ; except in a country of the Campbells . That 's a broad target . If ye miss that , ye must be as feckless at the sailoring as I have found ye at the fighting . Why , my poor country people in their bit cobles * pass from island to island in all weathers , ay , and by night too , for the matter of that . '' * Coble : a small boat used in fishing . `` A coble 's not a ship , sir , '' said the captain . `` It has nae draught of water . '' `` Well , then , to Glasgow if ye list ! '' says Alan . `` We 'll have the laugh of ye at the least . '' `` My mind runs little upon laughing , '' said the captain . `` But all this will cost money , sir . ''
`` Well , sir , '' says XXXXX , `` I am nae weathercock .
Alan Ardgour Arisaig Campbells Glasgow Hoseason Morven ay first sailoring