TheAmuletwasheldup。’Takeussomewhere，’saidJane，’anywhereyoulikeinthePast——butsomewherewhereyouare。’
Thenshesaidtheword。
Nextmomenteveryonefeltaqueerrockingandswaying——somethinglikewhatyoufeelwhenyougooutinafishingboat。Andthatwasnotwonderful，whenyoucometothinkofit，foritwasinaboatthattheyfoundthemselves。Aqueerboat，withhighbulwarkspiercedwithholesforoarstogothrough。Therewasahighseatforthesteersman，andtheprowwasshapedliketheheadofsomegreatanimalwithbig，staringeyes。Theboatrodeatanchorinabay，andthebaywasverysmooth。Thecrewweredark，wiryfellowswithblackbeardsandhair。Theyhadnoclothesexceptatunicfromwaisttoknee，androundcapswithknobsonthetop。Theywereverybusy，andwhattheyweredoingwassointerestingtothechildrenthatatfirsttheydidnotevenwonderwheretheAmulethadbroughtthem。Andthecrewseemedtoobusytonoticethechildren。Theywerefasteningrushbasketstoalongropewithagreatpieceofcorkattheend，andineachbaskettheyputmusselsorlittlefrogs。Thentheycastouttherope，thebasketssank，butthecorkfloated。Andallaboutonthebluewaterwereotherboatsandallthecrewsofalltheboatswerebusywithropesandbasketsandfrogsandmussels。
’Whateverareyoudoing？’Janesuddenlyaskedamanwhohadrathermoreclothesthantheothers，andseemedtobeasortofcaptainoroverseer。Hestartedandstaredather，buthehadseentoomanystrangelandstobeverymuchsurprisedatthesequeerly—dressedstowaways。
’Settinglinesforthedyeshell—fish，’hesaidshortly。’Howdidyougethere？’