Were always open to receive their master.
They'd seen enough of sea; and their immersion
In the salt-sea wave had pickled them so well,
They never made another sea excursion;
And therefore you see! I've but little more to tell.
From that day forth, when Andrew and his wife
Disputed, which was often it would seem,
His spouse replied, "Remember, pray, my life,
That 'tis not always best to go by Steam!"
My tale is done,—about a week ago