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#2 THE SKJUTS-BOY.
the green benches, ai the same rime assuming an air of indif-
ference. :But he was obliged fo give up the hope of finding a
decent 13erson among the passengers. This was the case, at least,
with the groups which met his eye. ttere, for instance, were a
couple of fat gentlemen deeply incased in great frieze coats,
earnestly engaged in conversing concerning the prices of grain.
There, a young man v¢as fo be seen who, v¢ith great care of his
comfor#, occupied an entire bench, so as fo be able fo read with
ease, comfor#ably stretched out under a huge umbrella, v¢hich
completely protected him from the flies, the rays of the sun, and
the wind. A little on one side stood a card-table, the occupants of
which were deeply engaged in their gaine, seeming fo be anxious
#o make np the rime they had lost, whên they took a stroll on
shore. :Near the staircase stood a tall, yellow-visaged, haggard
man, dressed in a faded brown overcoat, and wearing green
spectacles. He fixed his natural eyes straight before him npon
¢he floor, af rimes looking up, scratching his head, and was also
so polite as fo spit overboard, so as not fo soil the clean deck,
or the ladies’ slippers. The owners of those slippers, three in
number, were clothed in Scottish plaid-cloaks, hoods m.ade of
grey stuff, and seemed, on account of the continued rnoving of
¢heir parasols, fo be the perpetual motion. :Nothing fur#her was
#here fo be seen on the quarter-deck. After walking a few
rounds on Che deck, the lieutenant-colonel had come fo the con-
clusion that if #vas hOt worth the trouble to form Che acquaint-
ance of any of the assemblage.
tte gravely descended into the saloon, fo look over the list of
passengers, and for the purpose of ordering a place for himself on
the sofa.
:But if seemed as ¢hough no star was fo shine for him that
day. Except the hammocks there was no vacant place fo be
round; and to fill up the glass of his misfortnne, there stood on
#he passenger-list many people of distinction, who ¢hought, how-
ever, too much of their tank to expose themselves fo the scorching
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