The custos, after taking our depositions, wrote to the admiral at Port-Royal, and to correspondents of his at all the outports, with an outline of the circumstances, in case any of His Majesty's ships should be there; and in the mean time it was determined that poor Hause, after giving his underwriters in Kingston notice of his calamity, should remain at Montego bay until it was seen what should turn up. Here I must do old Jacob Munroe justice. Before the meeting broke up, he in our presence invited him to stay in his house as long as it suited him. Lennox, seeing I was surprised at this, whispered in my ear, that, "Snell as his uncle was in business matters, the auld-farrant body had a warm heart still to a fellow-creature in distress." "Come along, Mr Brail," said Flamingo--"as we cannot make a start of it this evening now, let us adjourn to our friend Sally's, and see what entertainment she can provide for us; and then hey for Ballywindle at daybreak to-morrow." However, our troubles were not over for that day; for we had not proceeded fifty yards on our way to our lodgings, when an ugly bloated drunken-looking white man, with great flabby yellow cheeks, that shook as he walked like flannel-bags full of jelly, and in a most profuse perspiration, driven forth, I make no doubt, by a glorious rummer of grog, came up to us, and touched both of us on the shoulder--most people are rather sensitive regarding a touch thereabouts, so we faced suddenly round. "I warn you bote, gentlemen, to attend one coroner's inquest at Jacob Munroe's wharf." "The deuce you do?" said I. "Pray, what authority have you for this, my fine fellow?" "De coroner's warrant, sir," producing it. "Oh, we are nailed, Mr Brail," quoth Don Felix. "Crowner's Quest law is not to be disputed--no use in kicking. So pray, my good man, do you want any more jurors?" "Indeed I do, sare. You are de first I have warn as yet." "Oh, then, do you see that red-faced gentleman coming round the corner there?" "Yesh, I do," said the man.