'Alive?' For a moment, Melcorka thought that Llyr, the sea god, was about to clutch at them. Instead, she saw that only a few feet under Catriona's keel, the sea was one huge mass of fish. Silver cod by the million, the fish formed a shoal so large that they sailed over it for days and it never ended.
'It is a fishing bank like no other I have ever seen before,' Bradan said. Reaching over the side with his staff, he hooked it under a large cod and tossed it on board. It lay there, wriggling and silver. He added another, and another. 'Breakfast, dinner and tea,' he said, 'with no effort at all.'
'Truly this New World is a land of wonders,' Melcorka said.
'And look!' Bradan shouted. 'I can touch the bottom of the sea!' Leaning over the side, he thrust down with his staff. 'There is sand b
