Rectus thought he could keep on his wide straw hat, but he soon found out his mistake, and had to get out his Scotch cap, which made him look like a very different fellow.
There were not very many passengers on board, as it was scarcely time for the majority of people to leave Nassau.

They generally stay until April, I think.

Besides our party of five, there were several gentlemen and ladies from the hotel; and as we knew them all tolerably well, we had a much more sociable time than when we came over.

Still, for my part, I should have preferred fair weather, bright skies, and plenty of nautiluses and flying-fish.
The "yellow-legged" party remained at Nassau.

I was a little sorry for this, too, as I liked the men pretty well, now that I knew them better.
They certainly were good walkers.
Toward noon the wind began to blow harder, and the waves ran very high.
The "Tigris" rolled from side to side as if she would go over, and some of the ladies were a good deal frightened; but she always came up again, all right, no matter how far over she dipped, and so in time they got used to it.