"But you have not yet indicated to me our destination." "Bermuda.

The fact is that I have been so absorbed in the tremendous news that came to us with the pilot, that I have not yet come to my bearings," replied the owner with a smile.

"My first duty now will be to discuss our future movements with you; and when you have given out the course, we will attend to that matter." Captain Breaker called Mr.Joel Dashington, the first officer, to him, and gave him the course of the ship, as indicated by the owner.

He was six feet and one inch in height, and as thin as a rail; but he was a very wiry man, and it was said that he could stand more hunger, thirst, exposure, and hardship than any other living man.

He was a gentleman in his manners, and had formerly been in command of a ship in the employ of Captain Passford.