"I couldn't even tell yer whut ship this is, ner how I signed on.

Last I seem ter remember I wus ashore frum the schooner _Caroline_; but this yere is a bark." Haines laughed, already convinced of my identity, and considering it a good joke.
"Well, my buck, I'll tell yer whar yer are, an' likewise how yer got yere," he chuckled.

"I wus one of a party frum this hooker ashore 'bout dusk, when yer hove in sight 'bout as drunk as a sailorman kin get.

Fact is yer wus so soused yer stumbled inter the wrong boat, and went ter sleep.

We're allers ready fer ter take on a new hand er two, so we just let yer lie thar, an' brought yer aboard.