And at last they saw an ugly sight -- the black side of a great ship , waterlogged in the trough of the sea . Her funnel and her masts were overboard , and swayed and surged under her lee ; her decks were swept as clean as a barn floor , and there was no living soul on board . The petrels flew up to her , and wailed round her ; for they were very sorry indeed , and also they expected to find some salt pork ; and Tom scrambled on board of her and looked round , frightened and sad . And there , in a little cot , lashed tight under the bulwark , lay a baby fast asleep ; the very same baby , Tom saw at once , which he had seen in the singing lady 's arms . He went up to it , and wanted to wake it ; but behold , from under the cot out jumped a little black and tan terrier dog , and began barking and snapping at Tom , and would not let him touch the cot . Tom knew the dog 's teeth could not hurt him : but at least it could shove him away , and did ; and he and the dog fought and struggled , for he wanted to help the baby , and did not want to throw the poor dog overboard : but as they were struggling there came a tall green sea , and walked in over the weather side of the ship , and swept them all into the waves . `` Oh , the baby , the baby ! '' screamed Tom : but the next moment he did not scream at all ; for he saw the cot settling down through the green water , with the baby , smiling in it , fast asleep ; and he saw the fairies come up from below , and carry baby and cradle gently down in their soft arms ; and then he knew it was all right , and that there would be a new water-baby in St. Brandan 's Isle . And the poor little dog ? Why , after he had kicked and coughed a little , he sneezed so hard , that he sneezed himself clean out of his skin , and turned into a water-dog , and jumped and danced round Tom , and ran over the crests of the waves , and snapped at the jelly-fish and the mackerel , and followed Tom the whole way to the Other-end-of-Nowhere . Then they went on again , till they began to see the peak of Jan Mayen 's Land , standing-up like a white sugar-loaf , two miles above the clouds . And there they fell in with a whole flock of molly-mocks , who were feeding on a dead whale . `` These are the fellows to show you the way , '' said Mother Carey 's chickens ; `` we can not help you farther north . We do n't like to get among the ice pack , for fear it should nip our toes : but the mollys dare fly anywhere . '' So the petrels called to the mollys : but they were so busy and greedy , gobbling and peeking and spluttering and fighting over the blubber , that they did not take the least notice . `` Come , come , '' said the petrels , `` you lazy greedy lubbers , this young gentleman is going to Mother Carey , and if you do n't attend on him , you wo n't earn your discharge from her , you know . '' `` Greedy we are , '' says a great fat old molly , `` but lazy we ai n't ; and , as for lubbers , we 're no more lubbers than you . Let 's have a look at the lad . '' And he flapped right into Tom 's face , and stared at him in the most impudent way -LRB- for the mollys are audacious fellows , as all whalers know -RRB- , and then asked him where he hailed from , and what land he sighted last . And , when Tom told him , he seemed pleased , and said he was a good plucked one to have got so far .
`` Come along , lads , '' he said to the rest , `` and give this little chap a cast over the pack , XXXXX Mother Carey 's sake .
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