CHAPTER IV. 



A KACE WITH A WATERSPOUT. 



The boatswain's home After the norther Long Key Miles of 

 spirulas A shell with a dye The water-spout The gull and 

 pelican A live cowry Pierced by the black echini The dweller 

 in a sea cucumber Wonders of the five-foot channel A worm 

 with a door and hinge The old wreck A young sea serpent 

 Pegging a turtle. 



$ OMMODORE BUSBY, 



as the boys sometimes called 

 the old boatman, and as, indeed, 

 he styled himself, was inclined 

 to be a martinet. He was a 

 great stickler for etiquette, and 

 in the seventeen-foot Hosetta 

 would, if allowed, have divided 

 all hands into port and star- 

 board watches, installed the doc- 

 tor as admiral, with Tom as cap- 

 tain of the fleet. When the Rosetta went about, 

 Busby generally sat amidships, tending the fore- 



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