You cannot expect one to set any value upon the life of a black nigger; and when you have keeled a great many Kaffirs, by the lash, with the crocodiles, or what-not, then a white man or two makes less deeference.

I acknowledge there were too many on board that sheep; but what was one to do?
You have your Engleesh proverb about the dead men and the stories; it was necessary to make clin swip.

You see the result." He shrugged again towards the boxes; but this time, being reminded of them (I supposed), he rose and went over to see how Harris was progressing.

The captain had never looked round; neither did he look at Santos.

"A leetle dipper," I heard the latter say, "and, perhaps, a few eenches--" but I lost the last epithet.