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"Six thousand! Each of those blocks yonder will accommodate fifteen hundred men. And then there is the hospital usually pretty full at this season, I regret to say. Come, I won't detain you; but really in passing you must have a look at one of our dormitories." He threw open a door, and she gazed in upon a long-drawn avenue of iron pillars slung with double tiers of hammocks.
Here, and indeed all along the road, we saw, on most days in the wet season, tracks of the jaguar. We never, however, met with the animal, although we sometimes heard his loud "hough" in the night while lying in our hammocks at home, in Santarem, and knew he must he lurking somewhere near us.
They sleep in large net hammocks made of cotton, suspended at some height; and however extraordinary or disagreeable this custom may appear, I have found it exceedingly pleasant, and much preferable to the carpets which we use. Their bodies are very clean and sleek, owing to their frequent bathing.
Darkness came on, however, before the British could get up with them; but sharp eyes all night long were eagerly watching their movements, and few on board any of the ships could bring themselves to turn in to their hammocks.
This day brought many thoughts of home, especially at dinner time, for our menu was simply beans and nothing more, our supplies of other edibles being exhausted. We each received a cigar as a present. At eight o'clock on Christmas eve I went on lifeboat watch. The relieved watch all went below and crawled up in their hammocks for the night.
A heavy splash followed, and, simultaneously, several of the men forward shouted out "Ship MI of water water up to our hammocks;" while Waggy, who had rolled off his narrow couch, sang out at the top of his pipe, "I am drowned, Bang. Tom Cringle, my dear Gelid, I am drowned we are all drowned the ship is at the bottom of the sea, and we shall have eels enough here, if we had none at Biggleswade.
The numbers on the list daily increased, until every part of the ship was occupied with their hammocks, and the surgeon and his assistants had scarcely time to relieve one by excessive bleeding, and consign him to his hammock, before another, staggering and fainting under the rapid disease, presented himself, with his arm bared, ready for the lancet.
I cannot see where it could do any good, for it is the system that is wrong the whole volunteer system, I mean. Captain Lee happened to be in Washington when the first Manila outfit was starting from San Francisco, and it was on his representations that they gave the men hammocks, and took a store of Mexican dollars.
I could not help smiling at this characteristic speech of congratulation and caution of Bob's, to which I of course made a suitable reply; and then, shaking hands, we went below and tumbled into our respective hammocks.
"I'm hungry as blazes; I believe I'll eat a piece of that pie to-night." "Not in a hurry," said Simpson, as they began to crawl back toward their hammocks; "not in a hurry; I've been in such scrapes as this before, and can't be fooled easy." "What do you mean?" inquired Frank.
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