In the meantime , the squire and Captain Smollett were still on pretty distant terms with one another . The squire made no bones about the matter ; he despised the captain . The captain , on his part , never spoke but when he was spoken to , and then sharp and short and dry , and not a word wasted . He owned , when driven into a corner , that he seemed to have been wrong about the crew , that some of them were as brisk as he wanted to see and all had behaved fairly well . As for the ship , he had taken a downright fancy to her . `` She 'll lie a point nearer the wind than a man has a right to expect of his own married wife , sir . But , '' he would add , `` all I say is , we 're not home again , and I do n't like the cruise . '' The squire , at this , would turn away and march up and down the deck , chin in air . `` A trifle more of that man , '' he would say , `` and I shall explode . '' We had some heavy weather , which only proved the qualities of the HISPANIOLA . Every man on board seemed well content , and they must have been hard to please if they had been otherwise , for it is my belief there was never a ship 's company so spoiled since Noah put to sea . Double grog was going on the least excuse ; there was duff on odd days , as , for instance , if the squire heard it was any man 's birthday , and always a barrel of apples standing broached in the waist for anyone to help himself that had a fancy . `` Never knew good come of it yet , '' the captain said to Dr. Livesey . `` Spoil forecastle hands , make devils . That 's my belief . '' But good did come of the apple barrel , as you shall hear , for if it had not been for that , we should have had no note of warning and might all have perished by the hand of treachery . This was how it came about . We had run up the trades to get the wind of the island we were after -- I am not allowed to be more plain -- and now we were running down for it with a bright lookout day and night . It was about the last day of our outward voyage by the largest computation ; some time that night , or at latest before noon of the morrow , we should sight the Treasure Island . We were heading S.S.W. and had a steady breeze abeam and a quiet sea .
The XXXXX rolled steadily , dipping her bowsprit now and then with a whiff of spray .
HISPANIOLA Noah S.S.W. abeam duff forecastle grog night noon treachery