And by referring to the _Audacious_--an expressive name by the way--the fore-top Captain meant a ship in the English navy, in which he had had the honour of serving.
So continual were his allusions to this craft with the amiable name, that at last, the _Audacious_ was voted a bore by his shipmates.

And one hot afternoon, during a calm, when the fore-top Captain like many others, was standing still and yawning on the spar-deck; Jack Chase, his own countryman, came up to him, and pointing at his open mouth, politely inquired, whether that was the way they caught _flies_ in Her Britannic Majesty's ship, the _Audacious ?_ After that, we heard no more of the craft.
Now, the tops of a frigate are quite spacious and cosy.

They are railed in behind so as to form a kind of balcony, very pleasant of a tropical night.

From twenty to thirty loungers may agreeably recline there, cushioning themselves on old sails and jackets.

We had rare times in that top.