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cunning, too ; a great deal more sensible than people 

 give him credit for. I had a pig aboard my ship 

 that was too knowing by half. All hands were fond 

 of him, and there was not one on board that would 

 have seen him injured. There was a dog on board, 

 too, and the pig and he were capital friends ; they ate 

 out of the same plate, walked about the decks together, 

 and would lie down side by side under the bulwarks 

 in the sun. The only thing they ever quarrelled 

 about was lodging. 



" The dog, you see, sir, had got a kennel for him- 

 self, the pig had nothing of the sort : we did not think 

 he needed one ; but he had notions of his own upon 

 that matter. Why should Toby be better housed of 

 a wet night than he ? Well, sir, he had somehow 

 got into his head that possession was nine points of 

 the law; and though Toby tried to shew him the 

 rights of the question, he was so pig-headed that he 

 either would not or could not understand. So every 

 night it came to be ' catch as catch can/ If the dog 

 got in first, he shewed his teeth, and the other had to 

 lie under the boat, or to find the softest plank where 

 he could ; if the pig was found in possession, the dog 

 could not turn him out, but looked out for his revenge 

 next time. 



" One evening, gentlemen, it had been blowing hard 

 all day, and I had just ordered close-reefed topsails, 

 for the gale was increasing, and there was a good deal 

 of sea running, and it was coming on to be wet ; in 

 short, I said to myself, as I called down the com- 



