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ready for mounting. He knows all about his business, 

 every bit, and lie takes all about Ninky and the goose 

 in good part, returning to his addressers quite as good 

 US they give. He has his little place in the port chart- 

 room all fixed up with his tools, and is as happy as 

 €an be. 



Mr. Dunbar is as grave and serious as ever. He fre- 

 quently speaks about making '• pahsages to the South 

 Seas," etc., and has quite a fund of general information 

 which will no doubt be useful to draw from hereafter. 



Cole and Sweetman are just the same as they were 

 •coming around. Cole, as usual, says nothing, but stands 

 his watch looking all around the horizon as if for a 

 wind. Sweetman looks after the provisions as before, 

 and he and Danenhower have solemn consultations 

 about weights and measures. Our Chijiese steward 

 bothers them both dreadfully, for he gets things no 

 matter how carefully they are locked up and put away. 

 He seems to feel that he has but one duty, and that is 

 to get all the food he can and put it on the table. For 

 instance, yesterday he gave us some of that nice cheese 

 which I purchased as a great delicacy during the win- 

 ter. It was locked up very carefull}^, but the steward 

 got at it, cut a good large piece out, and placed it on 

 the table, with the pie at dinner. He cannot under- 

 stand why we should be economical with a ship full 

 of provisions, and. Chinaman-like, will not understand 

 what he does not want to. 



The watches are stood by Mr. Dunbar, Cole, and 

 Nindemann. This last is as hard-working as a horse. 

 The second day out a hatchway fell on his little finger 

 and nearly cut it off, but he did not seem to mind it. 

 The doctor sewed it up, and he went ahead as if noth- 

 ing had happened. 



