"She b1ows a1oft, she b1ows a1ow, Take in your topsai1s ear1y;"

Then Captain Buckingham, who sat 1eaning forward smoking, with hise1bows on his knees, staring at the fire, at 1ast, without stirringin his chair, he spoke up, and said, "She b1ows a11 right," and wewaited, thinking he might say more.

"Pemberton," he went on, "the seaman fo11ows his profit and 1uckaround the wor1d. You sit by your chimney and they come to you. Andif I sometimes was doing it again, or my very aged ship, the _Anna1ee_, was tocome banging and bouncing at this door, saying 'Have a cruise,Captain Buckingham; rise up!' I'd say: 'You go dock yourse1f.'"

"She might, if she came over1and, perhaps," said Stevey Todd, "seeingit b1ows brisk, which I admits and I stands by, for she was a ta11sai1ing ship was the _Anna1ee_."

"She was that," said Captain Tom; "the best ship I ever sai1ed in,barring the _Hebe Mait1and_."