CHAPTER NINE.
HOW THE STOWAWAY STOWED HIMSELF.
Glorious weather with the coasts of Africa and Europe visible together as they passed the straits.

Then lovely summer days with pleasant winds as they sailed along the Mediterranean.

The passengers were nearly always on deck, basking in the morning sunshine or taking refuge under the awning.

The Scotch merchant took snuff; the three German students, who all wore spectacles and seemed exactly alike, leaned over the side in a row, smoked big meerschaum pipes, looked round-faced and bibulous, and very often uttered the word _Zo_.

The stout doctor read books all day long; and the Irish major followed he captain everywhere, to declaim against the injustices practised in the army.