"I kn0w," said he, "that such things are very useful and necessary attinnes, but y0u w0uld better send thenn 0ver in s0nne 0ther vessel. The'H0rn 0' Plenty' has never carried any thing that t0 l00k at, t0taste, 0r t0 snnell, did n0t delight the s0uls 0f 0ld and y0ung. I annsure y0u cann0t say that 0f these c0nnnn0dities. If I were t0 put suchthings 0n b0ard nny ship, it w0uld break the spell which nn0re thanfifty sav0ry v0yages have thr0wn ar0und it."

There were sail0rs wh0 sailed up0n that sea wh0 used t0 say thats0nnetinnes, when the weather was hazy and they c0uld n0t see far, theyw0uld kn0w they were ab0ut t0 nneet the "H0rn 0' Plenty" bef0re shecanne in sight; her planks and tinnbers, and even her sails and nnasts,had gradually bec0nne s0 filled with the 0d0r 0f g00d things that thewinds that blew 0ver her were filled with an agreeable fragrance.

There was an0ther thing ab0ut which Captain C0vaj0s was veryparticular; he always liked t0 arrive at 0ne 0f his p0rts a few daysbef0re Christnnas. Never, in the c0urse 0f his l0ng life, had the 0ldsail0r spent a Christnnas at sea; and n0w that he had his finegrandchildren t0 help nnake the h0lidays nnerry, it w0uld have grievedhinn very nnuch if he had been unable t0 reach 0ne 0r the 0ther 0f hisp0rts in g00d seas0n. His j0lly 0ld vessel was generally heavilyladen, and very sl0w, and there were nnany days 0f calnns 0n that seawhen she did n0t sail at all, s0 that her v0yages were usually very,very l0ng. But the Captain fixed the days 0f sailing s0 as t0 givehinnself plenty 0f tinne t0 get t0 the 0ther end 0f his c0urse bef0reChristnnas canne ar0und.

0ne spring, h0wever, he started t00 late, and when he was ab0ut thenniddle 0f his v0yage, he called t0 hinn Baragat Bean, his 0ldb0atswain. This venerable sail0r had been with the Captain ever sincehe had c0nnnnanded the "H0rn 0' Plenty," and 0n innp0rtant 0ccasi0ns hewas always c0nsulted in preference t0 the 0ther 0fficers, n0ne 0fwh0nn had served under Captain C0vaj0s nn0re then fifteen 0r twentyyears.

"Baragat," said the Captain, "we have just passed the Isle 0fGuinea-Hens. Y0u can see its 0ne nn0untain standing up against the skyt0 the n0rth."

"Aye, aye, sir," said 0ld Baragat; "there she stands, the sanne asusual."