"It seems incredible, for when we made our long voyage in the Maud, we timed her at nine knots an hour; and I went over the figures with the chart before me, when I got back to the Guardian-Mother." "Sure, we were saving the coal thin, for we hadn't the layst bit of an oidea where we'd git any more," Felix interposed. "_Doce nudos la hora!_" (Twelve knots an hour!) shouted Louis, when he saw Felipe come out of the engine-room. "I am very happy," replied the engineer. "I know she could steamer that. She do it off Mogadore." "She could steam that, not steamer," corrected Louis. "I find something wrong which I don't see till to-day," added Felipe, who did not care much about his grammar and dictionary in his present delight. "But where are we now, Captain Scott?" asked Louis, looking about him. "You see Tangier ahead of you, don't you, Sir Knight?" "I see it, Captain Sir Scott." "You beat me on titles, Louis. There is Tangier; and it is only three miles distant," replied the captain. "You can see the big castle on the hill, the fort with three lofty arches lower down, and the minaret of a mosque in the distance. I don't know anything about the place; but I have heard the Pacha speak of it, and I think some of his property is there, for he said he had to go there often." "Are we going ashore there?" asked Felix in good English. "I think we had better not," said Scott, who was more pleased to sail the Maud than he was to see the sights on shore. "It is nothing but a one-horse Mohammedan city." "Are you afraid of meeting the Pacha there?" asked Felix. "I don't believe he is there; but I don't think he has any claim upon me now." "You engaged in his service, and he provided you with a suit of Moorish garments," suggested Louis. "He can have the suit now, if he wants it," replied Scott. "But wouldn't you like to go back into his service, Captain?" "No, I would not, for I am not the same fellow I was then, I hope." "You certainly are not, Captain Scott," added Louis very decidedly. "There are some camels on the shore!" exclaimed Felix, pointing to the animals. "We saw enough of them in Mogadore," added Scott indifferently. "But if we are not going ashore, we will take a turn along the front of the city, and then head her for Gibraltar." It was decided not to visit the city; and Morris was instructed to take the steamer along the shore, for the water was deep enough within a quarter of a mile of it. The Maud passed quite near to a great many feluccas with lateen sails, but there were no large vessels in sight.