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In the mean time , the jib had been furled and the staysail set , and the ship , under her reduced sail , had got more upright and was under management ; but the two top-gallant sails were still hanging in the buntlines , and slatting and jerking as though they would take the masts out of her . Unfortunately , our books were where we could not get at them , and we were turning about for something to do , when one man recollected a book he had left in the galley . He turned fiercely upon me , and tried to look me down , and face me out of my statement ; but finding that that would n't do , and that I was entering upon my defence in such a way as would show to the other two that he was in the wrong , - he changed his ground , and pointed to the shipping papers of the Pilgrim , from which my name had never been erased , and said that there was my name , - that I belonged to her , - that he had an absolute discretionary power ; - and , in short , that I must be on board the Pilgrim by the next morning with my chest and hammock , or have some one ready to go in my place , and that he would not hear another word from me . Some said that the captain was frightened , - completely cowed , by the dangers and difficulties that surrounded us , and was afraid to make sail ; while others said that in his anxiety and suspense he had made a free use of brandy and opium , and was unfit for his duty . " I knew that this was too true to be answered , but I excused myself from any blame , and told them that I had a right to go home , at all events . It was an interesting sight , too , to see our noble ship , dismantled of all her top-hamper of long tapering masts and yards , and boom pointed with spear-head , which ornamented her in port ; and all that canvas , which a few days before had covered her like a cloud , from the truck to the water 's edge , spreading far out beyond her hull on either side , now gone ; and she , stripped , like a wrestler for the fight . I had very little to tell him of my quiet , sedentary life at home ; and , in spite of our best efforts , which had protracted these yarns through five or six watches , we fairly talked one another out , and I turned him over to another man in the watch , and put myself upon my own resources . It was not easy to sleep , lying , as I did , with my head directly against the bows , which might be dashed in by an island of ice , brought down by the very next sea that struck her . In addition to this , she had been steeved so thoroughly , and was so bound by the compression of her cargo , forced into her by so powerful machinery , that she was like a man in a straight-jacket , and would be but a dull sailer , until she had worked herself loose . As soon as I came on deck , and took my place and regular walk , I began with repeating over to myself a string of matters which I had in my memory , in regular order . you 'll see her work herself loose in a week or two , and then she 'll walk up to Cape Horn like a race-horse . He had travelled overland to the North-west Coast , and come down in a small vessel to Monterey . We had many doubts of the reception he would meet with ; but he seemed to think himself company for any one . When I heard what was the state of things , I began to put on my clothes to stand it out with the rest of them , when the mate came below , and looking at my face , ordered me back to my berth , saying that if we went down , we should all go down together , but if I went on deck I might lay myself up for life . He had always been his master , and had nothing to gain , and everything to lose ; while the other fought for honor and freedom , under a sense of wrong . The other watch was below , and all our watch , except myself and the man at the wheel , were asleep under the lee of the boat . This was a windfall for us , for they had a set of new songs for the capstan and fall , and ours had got nearly worn out by six weeks ' constant use .