The Captain curses at him like, well, the drunken sailor he is.

Stepping between the two men, Prendick tells Captain Davis to shut up.

Come down with the flu? Well, then you could probably get away with a bleeding, a cure as equally poor for your health as the disease. Have some gangrene in your thumb? Cut it off. Their main recourse was to amputate limps with a saw, hence the nickname. Back in the mid-1800s, anesthesia and antiseptics were not well understood, and surgeons had very few ways of dealing with life threatening injuries. Sawbones is an old slang nickname for a doctor, particularly a surgeon.

History Snack: Captain Davis refers to Montgomery as 'Sawbones' (3.18).

Plus, he and his crew can't stand the sight of the mysterious man because he's an 'ugly devil' (3.31).

On that note, it's his ship so it makes sense he's upset.

Captain Davis counter-complains that his ship is a total wreck because of the animals.Complaining that Captain Davis and his crew have hazed the mysterious man too much, Montgomery demands they stop.Montgomery has an anger issue, but Captain Davis is skunk drunk, so they're more-or-less evenly matched. Montgomery and the red-haired man, who turns out to be one Captain Davis, go at it.Thankfully for the mysterious man, the dogs are muzzled. The mysterious man lands near the dogs, which get excited and attack. A red-haired guy attacks the mysterious man, knocking him to the ground.Prendick questions Montgomery about the animals, but the man is tight-lipped on the subject.In short, the world's worst petting zoo put out to sea. There's also a puma, a llama, and some rabbits. Scraps of food and 'indescribable filth' are flung about everywhere (3.7). On the deck, Prendick is taken aback by how dirty everything is.

This time he also believes he sees an odd familiarity in the face, as if he's seen the man before. The mysterious man's ugliness continues to strike Prendick.Doesn't take much with Montgomery, does it? The man says the others don't want him there, which only serves to make Montgomery even angrier. The abuse continues as Montgomery yells at the man again for not being where he's supposed to be.Montgomery yells at the man to get out of the way, and the man does so like a whipped dog.Prendick describes him as 'misshapen' with a face 'suggestive of a muzzle' (3.1-2). A mysterious man is blocking Prendick and Montgomery's way to the deck.

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