The Pirates! In an Adventure with Scientists & The Pirates! In an Adventure with Ahab

I first read this very silly story seven years ago. Tempus fugit! Basically a ham-loving Pirate Captain gets the mistaken impression that Charles Darwin's ship the Beagle is filled with gleaming booty. Later, at a pirate convention, the Pirate Captain runs into an old friend...

“Scurvy Jake!” said the Pirate Captain, evidently glad to see his former comrade. “I haven't seen you since that incident on Madagascar!”

“Aaarrr! I was sure they were girls!” said Scurvy Jake with an apologetic shrug.