“June,” hazarded Christian.
“What route must a steamer take to go from New York to Honolulu in eight days?”
“The middle route.”
“Why is the gulf-stream always full of sharks?”
“I never knew the reason, sir.”
“What year was the Panama Canal discovered?”
“I—I don’t know.”
“What time does the moon rise at the South Pole?”
No answer.
“How many wrecks are there on the bottom between here and Pitcairn Island?”