This chapter is about Mack and the boys' trip to Monterey for frogs, which includes event from they repaired their model T Ford and go on the trip, to they met the captain from Monterey.
This chapter can be divided to 3 parts. The first part is about their second-time departure and arrival to Monterey, during which they caught a chicken and took some vegetables from a vegetable truck.
The second part is Mack and the boys' chatting during they enjoying dinner in Monterey. At the beginning Jones made a social blunder about wine, then Mack turned the topic to other things. Then they blamed Gay for his leaving, and finally they discussed about what they wanted to do for Doc.
The third part is the interaction between Mack and the captain. The captain wanted them to leave but Mack used his eloquence the captain that they just came for scientific reasons which can help many people. Then he distracted the captain to his dog and gave some advice on how to cure the bitch's wound in its shoulder. By these Mack got favorable impression from the captain, and his smart impressed the boys. The boys thought he could have made much bigger achievement by his intelligence, but he didn't want it.
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