ys out._ My wife has confiscated the jug and means to keep
it; we'll see about that; says it is the cause of poor, dear Ham's
sickness; undoubtedly; should have let it alone--Shem at the wheel,
Japheth on the lookout.

Course E.

_Wed., 30 days out._ Mutiny! Bloody Mut---- d----n! ----!! (Note--Here
the manuscript bears evidence that Captain Noah was suddenly
interrupted while writing.--Translator.)

_Fri., 32 days out._ Have had a lively time; discipline is restored,
but the whiskey jug is gone--smashed over my head--all on account of
the pugs; had hoped to rid the world of these parodies on the canine
race, and would have succeeded if my wife hadn't overhauled my pockets
when I was asleep and read this log. Certain references to the pugs put
her on the lookout and she and the other women watched me; one of the
brutes littered that night; I couldn't resist the temptation, and so
fed the whole batch, mother and all, to the lion; in a minute had four
furious women afoul of me, biting and clawing; sung out for help, and
Shem and Japheth bore down and rescued me; Ham helped the women and
made a majority for them; his mother had the jug, that's why; managed
to floor him with a pump-brake, but they were still too many for us and
chased us around decks till they got tired and sat down to cry; got to
my room and began writing them down in the log when they started in
again; my wife smashed the whiskey jug over my head--then we all
escaped on deck and went aloft; couldn't follow us, but sat down and
said things--Had a council of war, then Shem shinned over to the
foremast and cut away all the jib halliards and sheets and halliards on
the fore--Ark had broached to in trough sea when Japheth left the wheel
to help me, and had laid there with yards square and rolling
considerable; women could stand that motion, but not a head sea, so now
when she came up to the wind and began pounding up and down and
drifting astern, they got qualmish and in twenty minutes were sprawled
out helpless; Ham didn't know enough to take the wheel and throw her
off, so we came down, tied the women hand and foot, and then went for
Ham; triced him up and rope's-ended him till his nose bled; begged and
howled, but had to take it and learn that mutiny is unsafe aboard my
ship--Kept her head to the sea till we had spliced and rove off the
gear, then set canvas and squared away again--Women got better; read
the articles to them; were penitent and promised t