On the other was a female who, I was told, represented the goddess of liberty, while it was secretly a rather flattering likeness of Miss Poke.

The face of Neptune was supposed to have some similitude to that of her husband.

The captain, with that modesty which is invariably the companion of merit in the arts, asked permission to have a copy of this design placed on the schooner's stern.

It would have been churlish to refuse such a compliment; and I now offered Noah my hand, as the time for parting had arrived.

The sealer grasped me rather tightly, and seemed disposed to say more than adieu.
"You are going to see an angel, Sir John." "How!--Do you know anything of Miss Etherington ?" "I should be as blind as an old bumboat else.