Describes the early, seafaring adventures of Thomas Triton, midshipmouse - his meeting with Woodget Pipple and their becoming embroiled in the hideous schemes of the Scale, the evil followers of Sarpedon, the serpent god.Describes the early, seafaring adventures of Thomas Triton, midshipmouse - his meeting with Woodget Pipple and their becoming embroiled in the hideous schemes of the Scale, the evil followers of Sarpedon, the serpent god.