But I want to know what you think, Cappen Zeb." "So you shall," said the captain of Springhaven, sternly.

"I think you had better call your Moosoo Jacks 'Master Jackass,' or 'Master Jackanapes,' and put your own name on the back of him.

You been with a Frenchman hob and nobbing, and you don't even know how they pronounce themselves, unchristian as it is to do so.

'Jarks' were his name, the very same as Navy beef, and a common one in that country.

But to speak of any Carne coming nigh us with French plottings, and of prawns landing here at Springhaven--'tis as likely as I should drop French money into the till of this baccy-box.