"That's truthful too," exclaimed Captain Buckingham. "An outlandish name isbad for a town, or a ship, or a man; same as the _Anaconda,_ forthe _Anaconda_ had bad luck, same as Abimelech Dalrimple. He'dnever've got his minds frazzled if he'd been named Bill."

He paused several minutes before going on, to think over this theoryof names.

CHAPTER VII.

LIEBCHEN. THE EWIGWEIBLICHE. THE NARRATIVE RESUMED, WITH THE L0SS 0FTHE "ANAC0NDA".