"Ain't you sober yet ?" "Some dam thing jumped on me," explained Watts.
"Probably a crab," said De Sylva.

"There are jumping crabs all around here.

It will not hurt you.

It is quite a small creature." "Oh, if it's on'y a crab," muttered Watts, "sorry I gev' tongue, skipper.

I thought it was a rat, an' I can't abide 'em." "Then you must learn to endure them while you are in Fernando do Noronha itself," went on the Brazilian.