294 PAY OFF OTJR CREW. 



deKvering that sluggish and odoriferous little 

 tub over to her owners. 



The crew of the sloop seemed sorry to part 

 with us, and the regret was mutual, for, with 

 one exception, I never met with a more hard- 

 working, docile, uncomplaining, and good- 

 humoured lot of fellows than skyppar and crew 

 proved themselves to be. 



Although their wages were fully equal in 

 amount to what they would have received on 

 the usual principle of getting for themselves 

 one-third of the cargo, we gave the skyppar 

 a handsome additional gratuity, and each of 

 the men (with the exception of the individual 

 above alluded to) a small one. We also told 

 them to divide between them all the bread and 

 other provisions which were left over, but the 

 latter gift unfortunately proved a very " bone 

 of contention," and gave rise to a furious 

 dispute amongst them. The men who had 

 houses and families wished a division of the 

 actual victuals, (the " ipsa corpora,^^ as the 



E-ev. Mr. calls the oatmeal, which I have 



annually the honour of paying him for), 

 whereas the men who lived en gargon con- 

 tended that the obvious intentions of the 

 munificent donors had been that the provi- 



