A change of treatment--A love passage--The captain's exploit--Contraband of war--A black affair--The skipper of the "Osprey"--In borrowed plumes--The boatswain's watch--Low water--In mid-Atlantic--After the inquest--In limehouse reach--An elaborate elopement--The cook of the "Gannet"--A benefit performance--A case of desertion--Outsailed--Mated--The rival beauties--Mrs. Bunker's chaperon--A harbour of refuge.