"-To meet a company of ladies-" "Avast there!
"Merry-Garden and Other Stories"
Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
And so they watched the evolutions of the gulls for a few minutes, till Josh called out "Avast!"
"Menhardoc"
George Manville Fenn
He and another small darkey were sent off in a skiff to cast the schooner loose from her moorings and tow her to the shore, and the minute that duty had been performed he jumped out, seized a bundle which he had left on the bank, and was climbing back over the side with the agility of a monkey when Jack called to him: "Avast, there.
"Marcy The Blockade Runner"
Harry Castlemon