midday
For we sailed on now in bright sunshine , the uneasy motion of the schooner was at an end , and there was always something fresh to see . Now it was a whale , then a shoal of fish of some kind , and sea-birds floating here and there . Then some mountain peak came into view , with lovely valleys and vast forests of pines -- scene after scene of beauty that kept us on deck till it was too dark to see anything , and tempted us on deck again the moment it was light . By midday we were in the port of Victoria , where the skipper began at once to discharge his cargo , and hence we were not long before our chests were on the rough timber wharf , side by side with those of Gunson , who left us in charge of them while he went away . `` Wish he would n't order us about like that , '' cried Esau , angrily ; `` let 's go away , and let some one else look after his traps . '' `` We ca n't now , '' I said . `` But we do n't want him with us any more .