123 101 113 Well then, in his mysterious
little difficulty going in quest of the wrinkled one this strange
mentor , Billy found ^ him on off duty in a dog-watch
ruminating by himself seated on a
shot-box of the upper gun-deck ^ now and then surveying
with a somewhat cynical regard
certain of the ^ more swaggering promenaders there. Billy
recounted his trouble, again wondering
how it all happened. The salt seer
attentively listened, accompanying the
^ foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his
wrinkles and problematical little
sparkles of his jet-black small ferret eyes. Making
an end of his story, B the foretopman
asked, "And now , Dansker, do tell me what
you think of it."
123 101 113 Well then, in his mysterious
little difficulty going in quest of the wrinkled one this strange
mentor , Billy found ^ him on off duty in a dog-watch
ruminating by himself seated on a
shot-box of the upper gun-deck ^ now and then surveying
with a somewhat cynical regard
certain of the ^ more swaggering promenaders there. Billy
recounted his trouble, again wondering
how it all happened. The salt seer
attentively listened, accompanying the
^ foretopman's recital with queer twitchings of his
wrinkles and problematical little
sparkles of his jet-black small ferret eyes. Making
an end of his story, B the foretopman
asked, "And now , Dansker, do tell me what
you think of it."

Transcribed by: John Bryant