He'd make your heart break to look at him." "Who have you got on board besides ?" "The adjutant's here, sir; and an old gentleman they call the major." "Not Major Dalrymple ?" said I, starting up with terror at the thought, "eh, Mike ?" "No, sir, another major; his name is Mulroon, or Mundoon, or something like that." "Monsoon, you son of a lumper potato," cried out a surly, gruff voice from a berth opposite.

"Monsoon.

Who's at the other side ?" "Mr.O'Malley, 14th," said I, by way of introduction.
"My service to you, then," said the voice.

"Going to join your regiment ?" "Yes; and you, are you bound on a similar errand ?" "No, Heaven be praised! I'm attached to the commissariat, and only going to Lisbon.

Have you had any dinner ?" "Not a morsel; have you ?" "No more than yourself; but I always lie by for three or four days this way, till I get used to the confounded rocking and pitching, and with a little grog and some sleep, get over the time gayly enough.