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down his sides, and the palms of his hands flattened on his thighs. His replies 

 were given with all the brevity that the question would admit, or rapid articula- 

 tion on his own part would enable him to confer. 



" * Thomas, are the sugar and cocoa ready to go on shore f 



" ' Yes, sir.' 



" ' Don't forget to send that letter to Mr. Gibson for the ten dozen port and 

 sherry/ 



" No, sir/ 



" ' When it comes on board, you'll bring it on shore, a dozen at a time, in the 

 hair trunk/ 



' Yes, sir/ 



" * Mind you don't let any of the hay peep outside/ 



" ' No, sir/ 



" ' Has the cooper finished the washing-tubs ?' 



" < Yes, sir/ 



< And the small kids ?' 



" ' No, sir/ 



" ' Have you inquired among the ship's company for a gardener ?' 



" ' Yes, sir; there's a marine kept the garden of the major in the barracks/ 



" * Don't forget to bring him on shore.' 



'/ < No, sir/ 



" ( Recollect, too, that Mrs. Capperbar wants some vinegar the boatswain's is 

 the best and a gallon or two of rum; and you must corn some beef. The harness 

 cask may remain on shore, and the cooper must make me another/ 



" < Yes, sir/ 



(( ' Master Henry's trousers are they finished yet?' 



" ( No, sir; Spriggs is at them now. Bailly and James are making Miss Ellen'-s 

 petticoats/ 



(t ' And the shoes for master John are they finished?' 



" < Yes, sir/ 



" ' And master Henry's? 1 



" ' No, sir. Wilson says that he has lost master Henry's measure/ 



" ' Careless scoundrel ! he shah* have four- water grog for a week : and, steward, 

 take three bags of bread on shore, and forty pounds of flour/ 



" ' Yes, sir/ 



" ' That's all. Oh no ! don't forget to send some pease on shore for the pig/ 



" ' No, sir,' and the steward departed to execute his variety of commissions." 



As a contrast to Captain Capperbar, we should be glad to present to 

 our readers a specimen of the high-minded but strict disciplinarian 



Captain M . This character, however, is elaborately drawn, and we 



have no room for an adequate exposition of it, but must content ourselves 

 with laying before the professional reader the following spirited scene on 

 the deck of a man-of-war. 



t( After supper the watch was called, and the directions given by the captain to 

 the first lieutenant were punctually obeyed. The drum then beat to quarters 

 earlier than usual ; the guns were doubly secured ; the dead lights shipped abaft; 

 the number of inches of water in the weU made known by the carpenter; the 

 sobriety of the men ascertained by the officers stationed at their respective guns ; 

 and every thing that was ordered to be executed, or to be held in readiness, in the 

 several departments, reported to the captain. 



" * Now, Mr. Bully, we'll make her all snug for the night. Furl the fore and 

 mizen-topsail, and close reef the main that, with the foresail, fore-staysail, and 

 trysail, will be enough for her/ 



" ' Had we not better reef the foresail, sir f said Pearce. ' I suspect we shall 

 have to do it before twelve o'clock, if we do not now/ 



" ' Very right, Mr. Pearce ; we will do so. Is the main-trysail bent '? 



" ' All bent, sir, and the sheet aft/ 



" ' Then beat a retreat, and turn the hands up; shorten sail/ 



