Doyou——nowIaskyouasamanandabrother——doyouthinkIcouldventuretothrowarockhereinanygivendirectionwithouthittingacaptainofthisship？\"
\"Well，sir，Idon\'tknow——Ithinklikelyyou\'dfetchthecaptainofthewatchmaybe，becausehe\'sa—standingrightyonderintheway。\"
Iwentbelow——meditatingandalittledownhearted。Ithought，iffivecookscanspoilabroth，whatmaynotfivecaptainsdowithapleasureexcursion？
Chapter4
Weplowedalongbravelyforaweekormore，andwithoutanyconflictofjurisdictionamongthecaptainsworthmentioning。Thepassengerssoonlearnedtoaccommodatethemselvestotheirnewcircumstances，andlifeintheshipbecamenearlyassystematicallymonotonousastheroutineofabarrack。Idonotmeanthatitwasdull，foritwasnotentirelysobyanymeans——buttherewasagooddealofsamenessaboutit。Asisalwaysthefashionatsea，thepassengersshortlybegantopickupsailorterms——asignthattheywerebeginningtofeelathome。Half—pastsixwasnolongerhalf—pastsixtothesepilgrimsfromNewEngland，theSouth，andtheMississippiValley，itwas\"sevenbells\";eight，twelve，andfouro\'clockwere\"eightbells\";thecaptaindidnottakethelongitudeatnineo\'clock，butat\"twobells。\"Theyspokegliblyofthe\"aftercabin，\"the\"forrardcabin，\"