306 Chapter VI. 



The long, long lash you know so well, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom ; 

 Our harpooner, he is a man of light, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom bom, 

 A burning lantern he grasps tight, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom, 

 They as they walk the time beguile, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom, 

 With tales of bears and all their wile, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom. 



" Now suddenly a bear they see, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom, 

 Before whom all the dogs do flee, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom ; 

 Kennelman, like a deer, runs fast, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom, 

 Harpooner slow comes in the last, 



Kvirre virre vip, bom, bom," 



and so on. 



Among- the announcements are 



" Instruction in Fencing. 



" In consequence of the indefinite postponement of our departure, a 

 limited number of pupils can be received for instruction in both fencing 

 and boxing. 



" MAJAKOFT, 



" Teacher of Boxing, 



"Next door to the Doctor's." 



Again 



" On account of want of storage room, a quantity of old clothes are 

 at present for sale, by private arrangement, at No. 2, Pump Lane.* 

 Repeated requests to remove them having been of no effect, I am 



* This was the nickname of the starboard four-berth cabin. 



