"We had not got fairly away from the channel," proceeded Bill Marline, "before the child had develop into a general favorite all around the ship. We washed him up and bent for a suit that is brand new of on him, by having a reg'lar tarpaulin, and there is very nearly a battle whether or not the forecastle or the cabin needs to have him. At final it absolutely was kept towards the child himself, in which he made a decision to stay with us into the forecastle. The child was not ill one hour regarding the passage until he had been sent as much as the top to loosen it, and also by some lurch of this ship had been throw upon deck directly after we left the Cape of Good Hope, as soon as the banner halliards getting fouled. Him ended up being the sweetness of most, however the child had been crazy for near a thirty days through the blow on their mind, which he got in dropping, but he slowly got healed under our captain's care why it don't destroy.