"And so he might have been, if Juno had not thought only of him and
nothing at all about herself," replied Mr. Seagrave.

"That's very true, sir," replied Captain Osborn. "She saved the child,
and, I fear, hurt herself."

"I thump my head very hard," said Juno, smiling.

"Yes, and it's lucky that you have a good thick woolly coat over it,"
replied Captain Osborn, laughing.

"It is 12 o'clock by the sun, sir," said Mackintosh, the first mate, to
the captain.

"Then bring me up the latitude, Mr. Mackintosh, while I work out the
longitude from the sights which I took this morning. In five minutes,
Mr. Seagrave, I shall be ready to prick off over our place on the
chart."

"Here are the dogs come up on deck," said William; "I dare say they are
as glad of the fine weather as we are. Come here, Romulus! Here, Remus!
- Remus!"

"Well, sir," said Ready, who was standing by them with his quadrant in
his hand, "I should like to ask you a question. Those dogs of yours
have two very odd names which I never heard before. Who were Romulus
and Remus?"

"Romulus and Remus," replied Mr. Seagrave, "were the names of two