listen: in the pocket of my dressing-gown you'll find some maps.
Bring me the small one--with blue pencil-marks at the top. I know
Penzance is over here on our left somewhere. But I must find out
what light-houses there are before I change the ship's course and
sail inshore."

"Very good, Sir," said Bumpo, turning round smartly and making
for the stairway.

"Now Matthew," said the Doctor, "you can take the coach from
Penzance to Bristol. And from there it is not very far to
Puddleby, as you know. Don't forget to take the usual provisions
to the house every Thursday, and be particularly careful to
remember the extra supply of herrings for the baby minks."

While we were waiting for the maps Chee-Chee and I set about
lighting the lamps: a green one on the right side of the ship, a
red one on the left and a white one on the mast.

At last we heard some one trundling on the stairs again and the
Doctor said,

"Ah, here's Bumpo with the maps at last!"

But to our great astonishment it was not Bumpo alone that
appeared but THREE people.

"Good Lord deliver us! Who are these?" cried John Dolittle.

"Two more stowaways, Sir," said Bumpo stepping forward briskly.