He can snore for fourteen hours on a stretch without once turning round in his hammock, and finish his nap on the chest during the whole of the day, except meal-times." But Tomkins defended himself, by saying, that "some people were very quick in doing things, and others were very slow; that he was one of the slow ones, and that he did not in reality obtain more refreshment from his long naps than other people did in short ones, because he slept much slower than they did." This ingenious argument was, however, overruled _nem.

con._, as it was proved that he ate pudding faster than any one in the mess.
The postman came on board with the letters, and put his head into the midshipman's berth.

I was very anxious to have one from home, but I was disappointed.

Some had letters and some had not.

Those who had not, declared that their parents were very undutiful, and that they would cut them off with a shilling; and those who had letters, after they had read them, offered them for sale to the others, usually at half-price.