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afterwards. There is no need here to describe a 

 place which is so well known, but the whole effect 

 is exhilarating in a high degree, and a little white- 

 sailed, white-painted schooner coming up on the 

 port tack between us and the shore, with the sun 

 shining on her, completes a vastly interesting 

 picture with just one master touch. A naval 

 officer points to a headland far away and says it is 

 Cape Trafalgar — at least, he thinks so, but is not 

 sure without the chart. The erudite person is 

 pacing and brooding alone over the relative posi- 

 tions of Lisbon and Cape St. Vincent. It is agreed 

 between me and Mr. Darling that Mr. Taylor Sharpe 

 would be a godsend on this ship, if only for the 

 purposes of tackling this erudite person. Intro- 

 duced as Professor Taylor Sharpe, I am sure he 

 would astonish the gentleman, and doubtless teach 

 him a great deal. It is good to be alive to-day, and, 

 as the sight-seeing is more or less over, we revert 

 to the various deck games. The captain has met 

 Mr. Darling in the barber's saloon this morning and 

 imparted to him the information that he once saw 

 Galtee More win a two-year-old race ; * And do 

 you know,' added the captain, ' that horse also 

 won the Derby ? ' Mr. Darling had heard that that 

 was so, and later on conveyed the news to Mr. 

 Gubbins, who was duly edified. We shall reach 

 Gibraltar in the morning, and have been slowing 



