If he did not he was a most ungrateful man.
The _Adolph Woermann_ is a German ship and is one of the best ones that go down the east coast.

Its passengers go to the British ports in British East Africa, to the German ports in German East Africa, and to several other ports in South Africa.

Consequently the passengers are about equally divided between the English and the Germans, with an occasional Portuguese bound for Delagoa Bay or Mozambique.
When we first went aboard our party of four desired to secure a table by ourselves.

We were unsuccessful, however, and found it shared by a peaceful old gentleman with whiskers.

By crossing with gold the palm of the chief steward, the old gentleman was shifted to a seat on the first officer's right.