This goes clear away ahead of anything I ever heard of before.
Do you--now I ask you as a man and a brother--do you think I could venture to throw a rock here in any given direction without hitting a captain of this ship ?" "Well, sir, I don't know--I think likely you'd fetch the captain of the watch may be, because he's a-standing right yonder in the way." I went below--meditating and a little downhearted.

I thought, if five cooks can spoil a broth, what may not five captains do with a pleasure excursion..