He will be a great man one of these days.

It did my heart good to see how cool and collected he was; how skilfully he managed the boat, when it came down upon us like a race horse.

He gave off his orders like a hero, and they were obeyed with a promptness and precision that would have been creditable to the crew of a man-of-war, after a three years' cruise.

And then, when he ordered six of the boys to stay in the boat, and the rest to follow him into the water, it was really heroic.

Over he went, with his crew after him, as though they had been so many ducks.