ness of the crew made a
great difference in the speed that could be got out of a vessel in a
long voyage. So he made up his mind that he would attend to the second
matter first.

Captain Sol had all hands called; and the men came up unwillingly, and
they were very cross with Captain Sol because they thought that he had
called them to change the sails again. And they had been up nearly the
whole of three nights and wanted to sleep. But Captain Sol called them
all aft, and he stood by the railing that was at the edge of the quarter
deck and he made them a little speech. He said that the men must know
that there was a race between the _Augusta Ramsay_ and the _Industry_,
and that each vessel was trying to be the first to get to the far
country, where they both were bound. It was worth something to his
owners to have the _Industry_ get there first, and he would promise the
crew five dollars apiece if they beat the _Augusta Ramsay_, even if they
only beat her by an hour. And, for every day that they beat her, up to
two weeks, he would promise them two dollars apiece. He didn't care
about beating her by more than two weeks, because he thought that he
would have his cargo aboard, all ready to carry back to Boston, in that
time. But there must be no skulking and no unwillingness. Anything of
that kind would be severely dealt with, and he would not hesitate to put
any man in irons for the rest of the voyage who didn't jump to his duty
at the word.

And, when Captain Sol had finished his speech, the men all shouted out a
cheer for him and another cheer for Captain Jonathan and Captain Jacob.
And they weren't grumbly any more but they were glad. And Captain Sol
turned away and looked through his glass to see if he could make out the
_Augusta Ramsay_. But he couldn't see any sign of her.

So Captain Sol sailed the _Industry_ across the wide ocean and down
around the Cape of Good Hope and across the Indian Ocean; and he
carried sail until it almost cracked the masts, and his crew were as
willing as they could be and nobody skulked. But, all that time, there
was no sign of the _Augusta Ramsay_. And they sailed into the wide river
and anchored; and Captain Sol sold the things he had brought and bought
the things to carry back, and still there was no sign of the _Augusta
Ramsay_.

And he loaded the _Industry_ with the things that he had bought, and he
hoisted his anchor and sailed away down the river. And, just as he came
to the o