FREYA The name of Ulysses Ferragut began to be famous among the captains of the Spanish ports, although the nautical adventures of his early days contributed very little to this popularity.

The most of them had encountered greater dangers, but they appreciated him because of the instinctive respect that energetic and simple men have for an intelligence which they consider superior to their own.

Reading nothing except what pertained to their career, they used to speak with consternation of the numerous books that filled Ferragut's stateroom, many of them upon matters which appeared to them most mysterious.

Some even made inexact statements in order to enlarge the prestige of their comrade.
"He knows much....

He is a lawyer as well as a sailor." Consideration of his fortune also contributed to the general appreciation.