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cated his throat with, it so frequently, that its machinery 

 became sufficiently oiled to enable him to revert to his 

 old source of amusement. 



Great indignation has been vented on the Plunger ; 

 steady seas and level keels make no excuse for erratic 

 tumblers to upset and roll down into the scuppers ; so 

 his quondam associates keep him at a distance when 

 they are resting with glasses within reach. How well 

 this man would have suited the Governor of North 

 Carolina, who so feelingly and touchingly informed the 

 Governor of South Carolina that he was too long 

 between the drinks ! The Southern States and not 

 South Africa is his place. 



The Poundmaster has also distinguished himself. 

 His daughter or niece was asked by a gentleman to 

 sing, one evening ; the answer was more explicit than 

 polite : his girl was not going to sing for the amusement 

 of a pack of snobs ! The pere has consequently been 

 " cut " by the men, and the poor little girl " sent to 

 Coventry" by the ladies. This is the first evidence that 

 we have had of temper ; but was a long voyage ever got 

 over without that discovery ? 



On the morning of the twenty-third day, to the joy, 

 possibly, of some, but to the deep grief of many, Table 

 Mountain was sighted ; and as no table-cloth draped it, 

 we steamed slowly up the bay, and two hours afterwards 

 were comfortably docked. 



