the former, bawled aloud, "Ho! the house, a-hoy!" Upon which the
publican, clapping a hand to each side of his head with his thumbs
fixed to his ears, rebellowed in the same tone, which he had learned
to imitate, "Hilloah." The voice again exclaimed, "Have you got any
attorneys aboard?" and when the landlord replied, "No, no," this
man of strange expectation came in, supported by his two dependents,
and displayed a figure every way answerable to the oddity of his
character. He was in stature at least six feet high, though he had
contracted a habit of stooping, by living so long on board; his
complexion was tawny, and his aspect rendered hideous by a large
scar across his nose, and a patch that covered the place of one
eye. Being seated in his chair, with great formality the landlord
complimented him upon his being able to come abroad again; and
having in a whisper communicated the name of his fellow-guest, whom
the commodore already knew by report, went to prepare, with all
imaginable despatch, the first allowance of his favourite liquor,
in three separate cans (for each was accommodated with his own
portion apart), while the lieutenant sat down on the blind side
of his commander; and Tom Pipes, knowing his distance, with great
modesty took his station in the rear.

After a pause of some minutes, the conversation was begun by this
ferocious chief, who, fixing his eye upon the lieutenant with a
sternness of countenance not to be described, addressed him in these
words: "D-- my eyes! Hatchway, I always took you to be a better
seaman than to overset our chaise in such fair weather. Blood!
didn't I tell you we were running bump ashore, and bid you set
in the ice-brace, and haul up a wind?"--"Yes," replied the other,
with an arch sneer, "I do confess as how you did give such orders,
after you had run us foul of a post, so as that the carriage lay