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"Let me see, sir, I've one sister, t'other we split in half the other day, and I think I have a couple of monkeys down in the store-room. I say, you Smith, pass that brace through the bull's eye, and take the sheepshank out before you come down."
The next day, we all commenced in earnest our studies in navigation and seamanship, the naval instructor with his assistants working us up in our mathematics and imparting to us the elements of plane and spherical trigonometry; while the boatswain and his mates gave us practical lessons in the setting up of rigging and making of knots, so that there should be no chance of our mistaking a "sheepshank" for a "cat's paw," or a "Flemish eye" for a "grommet!"
"Let me see, sir, I've one sister, t'other we split in half the other day, and I think I have a couple of monkeys down in the store-room. I say, you Smith, pass that brace through the bull's eye, and take the sheepshank out before you come down." "And, Mr Chucks, recollect this afternoon that you bleed all the buoys."
Is there any more to it?" "Know the composition of the National flag and how to fly it," read Rand. "I guess I can get ten on that, all right," remarked Pepper. "And tie four of the following knots: Reef, sheet-bend, clove-hitch, bow line, middleman's, fisherman's, sheepshank," finished Rand. "We can pass on that all right," commented Pepper. "Say, what time is it?
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