All the ducks and geese were dead, the eggs and crockery all broke, the grocery almost all washed away; in short, as O'Brien observed, there was "a very pretty general average." Mr Falcon was still very angry.

"Who are the men missing ?" inquired he, of Swinburne, the coxswain, as he came up the side.
"Williams and Sweetman, sir." "Two of the smartest topmen, I am told.

It really is too provoking; there is not a midshipman in the ship I can trust.

I must work all day, and get no assistance.

The service is really going to the devil now, with the young men who are sent on board to be brought up as officers, and who are above doing their duty.