In tin wash cans, potato tins, and other vessels were soon bobbing about a number of apples, turned out by the steward in liberal quantity by the command of Captain Bennett. Every now and again a sudden lurch of the ship would send one or more of these flying over, and great was the agility displayed in the efforts to escape wetting, and loud the laughter that greeted every mishap. The passengers of both cabins and most of the crew indulged in the amusement as heartily as if they had all been school-boys, and of course the few children were in a perfect frenzy of delight.