During the day he regained all his former vigour and appetite.

His strange conduct had been brought on, no doubt, by the deleterious quality of the air of the hold, and had no connexion with canine madness.

I could not sufficiently rejoice that I had persisted in bringing him with me from the box.

This day was the thirtieth of June, and the thirteenth since the Grampus made sad from Nantucket.
On the second of July the mate came below drunk as usual, and in an excessively good-humor.

He came to Augustus's berth, and, giving him a slap on the back, asked him if he thought he could behave himself if he let him loose, and whether he would promise not to be going into the cabin again.