ccasioned and the rude shock he had received from me in my
elevation, that, with many bitter reproaches, he seized me by the nose,
which he tweaked so unmercifully, that I roared with anguish. Thompson,
perceiving my condition, ordered one of the waiters to my assistance,
who, with much difficulty, disengaged me from this situation, and
hindered me from taking vengeance on the sick man, whose indisposition
would not have screened him from the effects of my indignation.

After having made an end of our ministry for that time, we descended to
the cockpit, my friend comforting me for what had happened with a homely
proverb, which I do not choose to repeat. When we had descended half-way
down the ladder, Mr. Morgan, before he saw us, having intelligence by
his nose of the approach of something extraordinary, cried, "Cot have
mercy upon my senses! I pelieve the enemy has poarded us in a stinkpot!"
Then, directing his discourse to the steward, from whence he imagined
the odour proceeded, he reprimanded him severely for the freedoms he
took among gentlemen of birth, and threatened to smoke him like a padger
with sulphur, if ever he should presume to offend his neighbours with
such smells for the future. The steward, conscious of his own innocence,
replied with some warmth, "I know of no smells but those of your
own making." This repartee introduced a smart dialogue, in which the
Welshman undertook to prove, that, though the stench he complained of
did not flow from the steward's own body, he was nevertheless the author
of it, by serving out damaged provisions to the ship's company; and, in
particular, putrified cheese, from the use of which only, he affirmed,
such unsavoury steams could arise. Then he launched out into the praise
of good cheese, of which he gave the analysis; explained the different
kinds of that commodity, with the methods practised to make and preserve
it, concluded in observing, that, in yielding good cheese, the county of
Glamorgan might vie with Cheshire itself, and was much superior to it in
the produce of goats and putter.

I gathered from this conversation, that, if I entered in my present
pickle, I should be no welcome guest, and therefore desired Mr. Thompson
to go before, and represent my calamity; at which the first mate,
expressing some concern, went upon deck immediately, taking his way
through the cable-tier and the main hatchway, to avoid encountering
me; desiring me to clean myself as soon as