7/12 By Jove, though, Marline, I never thought of that before. I shall be puzzled how to get my longitude bye and bye, I fancy." "My old watch is going, sir," said the mate. "I set it by the ship's time before our capsize, and it goes pretty correctly, for I didn't forget to wind it up all the time we were spread-eagling on the bulwarks." "You didn't ?" cried the captain. "You're a wonderful fellow, Marline, and you ought to be Archbishop of Canterbury or something! You say you set it by the ship's time on Thursday ?" "I don't know what day it was, sir, but it was the last time you took the sun," replied the other. Ha, humph, I see! That will give us pretty well the time at Greenwich, with a little deduction. |