250 ALL ABOARD FOR SUNRISE LANDS.

- can set our eastors and tumblers — fitting into those holes, you see.
Halloo, the cook has been in, and begun to set the dishes on for
dinner. I wonder what we are going to have! Probably bean soup,
salt horse, and some kind of pie.”

“Salt horse, uncle?”

“You ask the cook, Rick; ” ae Uncle Nat here Poniced his eye
mysteriously.

« And what is this mast?” asked Ralph, pointing to a stout mast
coming down through the cabin.

“That is the mizzen mast, boys. You must learn the names of the
masts. This is the mizzen mast toward the stern, and then comes a
mainmast; and the one toward the bows is the foremast. And now —
Uncle Nat here went to a door in the corner of the cabin, and opening
it, added: “Do you want to see our pantry? Below, you see lockers
where we stow our stores, canned goods, and so on. Above, are shelves
for the crockery; and you see we have to fence it in, like the dishes on
the table. We hang our mugs on that row of hooks along the edges
of the shelves. In that corner, you see a cupboard. Now, instead of
looking at dishes, you shall have what goes in the dishes;” and Uncle
Nat led them out into the cabin, where dinner was now ready.

Every hour the Antelope was making good progress.

“‘She is stretching her legs,” said Uncle Nat.

“Only instead of putting her legs down into the water, she puts
them up into the air, and goes that way,” replied Rick.

Every hour he grew more and more fond of the ship; patting the
vessel’s side that afternoon, he whispered, “Dear old Antelope!”

Feet up-or feet down, the Antelope seemed to sniff the cool sea-
breezes blowing across the water, and raced still harder.