" Of course I was precious wild ; but as it's waste o*
words to talk to men in that state^ I saved it up for
them, went forward, and I'oUed myself up in my jacket,
pulled a bit o' tarpaulin over ine^ wished for a pipe,
and then began to think.
'^ Now, I suppose that I got thinking too hard, as I
sat there looking at the lights, blinking here and there
ashore, as the tide ran hissing down by the sides of the
barge ; for after a time I got too tired to think, and I



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mnst have gone off fast asleep, for I got dreaming of
all sorts of horrible things through being in an uncom-
fortable position, and among others — I suppose all on
account of twenty ton of gunpowder I had on board —
I dreamed as it had blown up, and I was in our little
boat, rowing about on the river amongst burnt wood
and bits of barge and powder barrels, picking up the
pieces of myself.
