" antiseptic wash.  He dosed himself with chlorodyne, took his own pulse, smoked a thermometer, and lay back on the couch with a suppressed groan.  It was mid-afternoon, and he had completed his third round that day.  He called the house-boy. “Take um big fella look along Jessie,” he commanded. The boy carried the long telescope out on the veranda, and searched the sea. “One fella schooner long way little bit,” he announced.  “One fella Jessie.” The white man gave a little gasp of delight. “You make um Jessie, five sticks tobacco along you,” he said. There was silence for a time, during which he waited "

― Jack London , Adventure