_We-we_ (white goose) was, to my eye, decidedly the prettiest of the lot; _Caubvick_ came next; and, as we promenaded past Wade, we kept boasting of their superior charms as compared with _Ikewna_.

Our two both wore white jackets; while Wade's wore a yellow one, of fox-skin.
"How about refreshments!" cried Wade at length.

"We ought to treat them, hadn't we ?" "That's so," said Raed.

"Captain, have the goodness to call Palmleaf, and bid him bring up a box of that candy." The captain came along.
"Didn't you see the rumpus ?" he asked.
"Rumpus ?" "Yes; when Palmleaf came on deck just after the women came on board.
They were afraid of him.

He came poking his black head up out of the forecastle, and rolling his eyes about.