He wrote in a humorous vein:- Of all the filthy little things I ever saw, this schooner, for bugs, lice, fleas, weevils, mosquitos, Cockroaches, large and small, and mice, rises superior to them all....
"The Naval Pioneers of Australia"
Louis Becke and Walter Jeffery
I remember after our last long trip it was really dreadful for a week or two-everything yellow and musty; mice and Cockroaches camping in the library and bedrooms, and spiders everywhere.
"Sara, a Princess"
Fannie E. Newberry
The men used to bring him birds and fish, but on a long cruise he had to satisfy himself with centipedes and Cockroaches and such small game.
"The Man Without a Country"
Edward E. Hale