noon
There was no breakfast for the men . Three times the galley had been washed out , and the men , in the forecastle awash , contented themselves with hard tack and cold salt horse . Aft , with us , the steward scalded himself twice ere he succeeded in making coffee over a kerosene-burner . At noon we picked up a ship ahead , a lime-juicer , travelling in the same direction , under lower-topsails and one upper-topsail . The only one of her courses set was the foresail . `` The way that skipper 's carryin ' on is shocking , '' Mr. Pike sneered . `` He should be more cautious , and remember God , the owners , the underwriters , and the Board of Trade . ''