CHAPTER II.
APPEARANCES.
The unconscious illustration of Mr.Pierce's theory was pacing backwards and forwards on the narrow space between the cuddy-roof and the gunwale, which custom dignifies with the name of deck.

Six strides forward and turn.

Six strides aft and turn.

That was the extent of the beat.

Yet had Peter been on sentry duty, he could not have continued it more regularly or persistently.