CHAPTER IV.

The Voyage of the "Dublin" concluded--_Genova La Superba_--Leave of Absence--On Shore in Italy--Loading Marble--Mates' Opinions about Driving Sailors Ashore--Women in Ships--Anchor at Gibraltar--Through the Straits--Pumps Choked--How to Clinch Buntlines--Cleaning the Spittoon--A Sleepy Officer's Danger--Holystones--Beating a Boy--Officers' Ambition--Eternal Vigilance--Old Jenkings--A Breeze Aloft--The Pilot's Rebuff--Blood Tubs--Paying Off--Promotion--The Mate and the Owner.