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In the morning watch a similar circumstance took place. Mr Phillott went down, and said that several of the convoy were out of sight astern. "Shall we heave-to, Captain Horton?" "Oh, no," replied he, "she will be so uneasy. Let me know if you lose sight of any more." In another hour the first lieutenant reported that "there were very few to be seen."
So admirably did she hit it off, that when we went to tea, all the cream was turned sour, as well as three casks of beer in the cellar." At this assertion Mr Phillott could contain himself no longer; he burst out into a loud laugh, and having a glass of wine to his lips, spattered it all over the table, and over me, who unfortunately was opposite to him.
"Starboard the helm, Mr Phillott; keep away four points, and then we will think of it to-night." The frigate was now kept away, and ran out of the fire of the battery. It was then about an hour before sunset, and in the West Indies the sun does not set as it does in the northern latitudes.
"I have no doubt but it was excellent," replied Mr Phillott; "but I should have preferred eating what came from it. I wish that I had a knowledge of the art which a friend of mine has a new science, I may say." "Pray what may that be?" "They call it fumography." "Fumography! never heard of it."
I must do Mr Phillott the justice to say that he bore no malice on this occasion, but treated us as before, which is saying a great deal in his favour, when it is considered what power a first lieutenant has of annoying and punishing his inferiors. We had not been more than a week under the Danish island of St. Thomas, when we discovered a brig close in-shore.
No wonder, when lieutenants set the example." This latter remark could only be applied to O'Brien, who stood in the quarter-boat giving directions, before the tirade of Mr Phillott stopped the amusement of the party.
O'Brien perceiving this, pointed out to Mr Phillott that we should first attack the boats, and afterwards board on the side to which they pulled; as, in all probability, there would be an opening left in the boarding nettings, which were tied up to the yard-arms, and presented a formidable obstacle to our success.
Mr Phillott turned very red, for he never had come in contact in this way with O'Brien. All the other officers had submitted quietly to his unpleasant manner of speaking to them. "Very well, Mr O'Brien; I shall hold you answerable for this language," replied he, "and shall most certainly report your conduct to the captain."
So admirably did she hit it off, that when we went to tea all the cream was turned sour, as well as three casks of beer in the cellar." At this assertion Mr Phillott could contain himself no longer; he burst out into a loud laugh, and having a glass of wine to his lips, spattered it all over the table, and over me, who unfortunately was opposite to him.
"You saw that yourself, Mr Phillott?" observed the captain, looking the first lieutenant earnestly in the face. "Yes, sir," replied Mr Phillott, coolly. "Have you told that story often?" "Very often, sir."
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