That day this notice was written on the blackboard: "Thomas Crowpot has been engaged to do all the swearing that's necessary on this voyage.

Any one who needs his services will find him on the forward deck.

Small and large jobs will be attended to while you wait." 2 Often in calm weather Jack and Solomon amused themselves and the other passengers with pistol practise by tossing small objects into the air and shooting at them over the ship's side.

They rarely missed even the smallest object thrown.

Jack was voted the best marksman of the two when he crushed with his bullet four black walnuts out of five thrown by Mr.Girard.
In the course of the voyage they overhauled _The Star_, a four-masted ship bound from New York to Dover.