Covert gave an amusing account of the breaking of a box of soap one night during the storm.

In the morning the cabin, with all it contained, was thoroughly lathered, as if preparing for a colossal shave.
Half way across the ocean we were followed by sea-birds that, curiously enough, were always thickest at meal times.

Gulls kept with us the first two days and then disappeared, their places being taken by boobies.

The gull is a pretty and graceful bird, somewhat resembling the pigeon in shape and agility.

The booby has a little resemblance to the duck, but his bill is sharp pointed and curved like a hawk's.