 sounded like a sort of seafarer's version of looking for a needle in a haystack. The colleague of Newton said, well, as it happens, I know exactly where the man you're looking for is. Newton was reluctant to go on board. He was now just about to make for the first time some money for himself. He hadn't got and made a penny so far and he thought he could make some money. And there were only two things that enticed him back home.