Reverend Humdrum is another of the men who accompany William Byrd on the surveying expedition. He gives sermons on Sundays and performs baptisms for the people living at the far reaches of the inhabited area of the colonies as the surveyors pass through. He has a mild personality, which Byrd sums up in the fictitious name that Byrd gives him. He is easily shocked by the loose behavior of the other men, which amuses Byrd.
