. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 95. i^^ N a voyage which I made to theA^ East Indies with Captain Hamil-ton, I took a favorite pointer withme. He was, to use a commonphrase, worth his weight in gold,for he never deceived me. Oneday when we were, by the best observations we couldmake, at least three hundred leagues from land, mydog pointed. I observed him for near an hour withastonishment, and mentioned the circumstance to thecaptain and every officer on board, asserting thatwe must be near land, for my dog smelt occasioned a general la
. The travels and surprising adventures of Baron Munchausen; . BARON MUNCHAUSEN. 95. i^^ N a voyage which I made to theA^ East Indies with Captain Hamil-ton, I took a favorite pointer withme. He was, to use a commonphrase, worth his weight in gold,for he never deceived me. Oneday when we were, by the best observations we couldmake, at least three hundred leagues from land, mydog pointed. I observed him for near an hour withastonishment, and mentioned the circumstance to thecaptain and every officer on board, asserting thatwe must be near land, for my dog smelt occasioned a general laugh; but that did notalter in the least the good opinion I had of my much conversation pro and co?i, I boldly toldthe captain, I placed more confidence in Trays nose,than I did in the eyes of every seaman on board; 96 OlilGLXAL TlvAVELS OF and therefore boldly proposed laying the sum I hadagreed to pay for my passage (viz., one hundredguineas) that we should find game within half anhour. The captain (a good hearty fellow) laughedagain, desired Mr. Crawford, the surgeon,
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