io4 FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC 
march on my bagpipes. When the procession reached the 
stern, the steersman was interviewed, and his Majesty 
took a squint at the sun through a dummy sextant, and 
took down the ship's name and destination, and in various 
ways showed his gracious interest in the good ship Bakena. 
At the same time, his courtiers kept their weather eyes 
lifting for the grog that might have been expected on 
such an occasion, but was not forthcoming. < They then 
proceeded round the starboard side of the poop, down the 
poop-steps, and along the main-deck to the staging that had 
been rigged over the main hatch. This was aft the galley 
and a little lower, so that the galley roof could be used 
as a throne. On this Neptune seated himself, underneath 
a barber's pole and brass shaving-plate, with her Majesty 
on his left hand, her hands placidly folded across her 
