He were a Chinee, wasn't he ?" "I think so, Tom; but what have the _Arabian Nights_ got to do with our hunting these pirates ?" "Well, that's what I want to know, sir.

If there was magic in them days in China, mayn't there be some left now ?" "No, Tom," I said.

"We've got more magic on board the _Teaser_ in the shape of steam, than there is of the old kind in all China." "Well, sir, you've had more schooling than ever I've had, but if it ain't a bit magicky about them boats, I should like to know what it is." "What's he talking about ?" said Smith.

"What do you mean ?" "They're will-o'-the-wispy sort o' boats, sir," replied Jecks.

"Don't you see how they keep dodging on us?
Just now they was in easy shot, now they're two mile away.