"I turned my face eastward, and there, apparently at the very end of the bowsprit, was the smiling full moon rising out of the sea. Neptune himself coming over the bows could not have startled me more. 'Good evening, sir,' I cried; 'I'm glad to see you.' Many a long talk since then I have had with the man in the moon; he had my confidence on the voyage." From
Sailing Alone Around the World by Capt. Joshua Slocum and illustrated by Thomas Fogarty and George Varian, 1901.