however , two weeks past i had a guest , one captain liston ( `` captain '' being no more than a title of courtesy ; he claims service with the royal navy , but i will stake a hogshead of my best tobacco [ a sample of which you will find accompanying this missive-and if you do not , i would be obliged to hear of it , since i do not altogether trust the slave by whom i send it ] that he has never so much as smelled the ink on a commission , let alone the reek of the bilges ) who gave me a more recent-and highly disagreeable-history of the man bonnet .