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party, not at all approving of this arrange¬ 
ment, soon after slilv drove a nail into the 
boards between our berths, and hanged his 
hat upon it. This I immediately removed to 
the other side of the cabin. However, with 
all our precautions, we could not prevent 
these rogues from sharing our provisions 
with us; and I believe that the musician and 
the painter had more than half of our 
oranges between them. And the principle, 
of “ honour among thieves,” was entirely 
unknown to them, for they made no scruple 
of stealing from each other whenever oppor¬ 
tunity offered. 
The day after we left Palermo we passed 
very near to the little island of Ustrica, which 
appeared to be entirely cultivated. From 
this island we shaped a course, as nearly as 
the wind would permit, for the Straits of 
Bonifacio, between Corsica and Sardinia, but 
