"In the first place everything is new to me and I want to see the vegetation; and in the second place I can see that in a very short time most of the hands will be drunk, and I dare say quarrelsome, and I don't want either to drink or quarrel.

I think I am better away from them." "You are right boy, and I don't care if I go too.

We will take a drink of wine before we start and fill up our pockets with those biscuits.

I will get the storekeeper to give us a bottle of wine to take with us, and then we shall be set up for the day.

This is my first voyage in these parts; but I have heard from others of their doings, and don't care about getting a stab with a knife in a drunken brawl.