He is a most unblushing, scoffing sceptic, is he not, madam ?" Blair shook his jolly sides and rose, muttering something about a fahscinating young puppy;--whereby it may be perceived that he was thinking of mocking Tom.

The night was splendid, and when a sharp air of wind set all the smacks gliding, our voyagers had once more an experience that is one of the most memorable for those to whom it comes seldom.

The seaman tramps smartly; cocks an eye at the topsail, swings round, and rolls back till he is abreast of the wheel; then _da capo_, and so on all night.

But the reflective landsman gathers many sheaves for the harvest of the soul.

Happy is he if he learns to know what the dense seaman's life is like.
There are nights when the joy of living will not let one sleep.