who had come to make a
visit at your house were to go up stairs, looking about in all the
chambers, or down into the kitchen, examining every thing there to see
what he could find?"

"I should think it was very strange," said Jennie.

"Certainly," said the surgeon, "and it is the same on board ship. There
are certain parts of the ship, such as the cabins, the state rooms, and
the quarter decks, which are appropriated to the passengers; and there
are certain other parts, such as the forecastle, the bows, and the
rigging, which are the domains of the seamen. It is true, that sometimes
a passenger may go into these places without impropriety, as, for
example, when he has some business there, or when he is specially
invited; just as there may be circumstances which would render it proper
for a gentleman to go into the kitchen, or into the garret, at a house
where he is visiting. But those are exceptions to the general rules, and
boys especially, both when visiting in houses and when they are
passengers on board ships, should be very careful to keep in proper
places."

"I am glad I did not go climbing up the rigging," said Rollo.

"Yes," replied the surgeon. "Once I knew a passenger go climbing up the
shrouds on board an East Indiaman, and when he had got half way up to
the main top, and began to be afraid to proceed, the sailors ran up
after him, and, under pretence of helping him, they tied him there, hand
and foot, with spun yarn."

"Ha!" said Rollo. "And what did he do?

"He begged them to let him down, but they would not. They said it was
customary, whenever a landsman came up into the rigging, for him to pay
for his footing by a treat to the sailors; and that they would let him
down if he would give them a dollar for a treat."

[Illustration: THE PASSENGER ON THE RIGGING.]

"And did he give it to them," asked Rollo.

"Yes, he said he would," replied the surgeon "if they would untie one of
his hands, so that he could get the dollar out of his pocket. So they
untied one of his hands, and he gave them the dollar. Then they untied
his other hand and his feet, and so let him go down."

"Why did not he call the captain?" asked Rollo.

"O, the captain would not have paid any attention to such a case,"
replied the surgeon. "If he had been on deck at the time he would have
looked the other way, and would have pretended not to see what was going
on; but he would really have been pleased. He would have considered the