JULIUS C^ESAK. 95 



to England, which would not be very long 

 first, that he should find me recovered and 

 ready to join him in some other ship, 

 where I might serve out my time, and then 

 soon obtain my promotion. I replied 

 sorrowfully, that the nature of the ma- 

 lady that was written on my invalid- 

 ticket would be a bar to my ever rising 

 in the profession 



"Stop, sir, stop!" cried the doctor, who 

 was reclining in the after-part of the 

 ward-room ; " remember, that the greatest 

 man that ever lived, Julius Caesar him- 

 self, was similarly afflicted." 



A smile played on my lips, though tears 

 were in my eyes at this jeu (T esprit, if 

 so it may be termed, of the doctor's, 

 as I turned from them and made my 

 exit. 



The captain and the purser, of whom 

 I had already taken leave, were on 

 shore; and my chest and hammock being 

 let down into the boat, I walked over 



