[78] Bagatelle.

[79] Je ne sais quoi.

[80] Soirée.

[81] This implied compliment to our vessels and seamen was really made by a British sailor, in a similar conversation with an American gentleman.

[82] Belay—a sea-term, signifying to secure or make fast a rope.

[83] Fact.

[84] Query? Which epithet is the most elegant, flap or slap? We rather think "the flaps have it."

[85] Fact.

[86] Fact.