o behave, but before
turning them loose we went on a pug hunt and passed two of them in to
the lion; only one left now, but we haven't found it yet; women howled
a good deal and called us heartless, cruel fiends--that's all right.

My wife had lost the log-book in her excitement, and I only found it
to-day.

Course N. E. by E. Shem at the wheel. Jap. on the lookout.

_Sun., 34 days out._ No religious services to-day; women are talking
about me--don't talk _to_ me; if they do, I'll speak of that jug.

Course due E. Blowing fresh. J. at the wheel, S. on lookout.

_Mon., 35 days out._ Wash day, but there is no washing going on; won't
have it; am captain here; they were ugly at first, but I hauled her on
a wind and said nothing; can't find that pug--Keep Ham at work on the
menagerie now, feeding the animals and cleaning the cages--Dead calm.

_Wed., 37 days out._ Nothing new; pug still missing; good mind to turn
the lion loose; he'll find the cur.

_Fri., 39 days out._ If I don't find that pug to-day, will let the lion
out first thing to-morrow.

_Sat., 40 days out._ Stopped raining--We all went on deck this morning;
it was a frightful picture--sun shining, not a cloud in the sky and not
a sign of land nor ship, nor even a bird, in all this expanse of
desolation; no life nor joyousness, nothing but muddy water; the dead
world fathoms underneath, and we alone, with our ark, all that was
left; and whiskey gone--not a shot in the locker.

At noon locked up the women and turned the lion loose; he didn't find
the pug, but found most everything else; smashed some bird cages and a
raven and dove got away; dove came back at sundown, but the raven
didn't; let all the birds out to get the air and roost up aloft.

_Sat., 47 days out._ Chicken missing this morning; suspect Ham of
stealing it--A pigeon fluttered down on deck with a green leaf fast in
its gullet and half choked; pulled leaf out; pigeon must have been
somewhere else and got it; will keep to the eastward and look out for
land.

_Tues., 50 days out._ Blowing great guns, and dismasted; under double
reefs, storm spanker, and foretopmast staysail at daylight; blew away
the staysail; set jib; that went too and took jibboom; cut away the
wreck; she came up to the wind, caught aback, and away went the
mizzenmast at the deck; cut that away, paid off in the trough of the
sea, and rolled the fore and mainmast out; cleared away everything,
rigged out a sea anchor, and no