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This was the best consolation " Sails " had to offer , but it did not seem to be just the thing the carpenter wanted ; for , during several days , he was very much dejected , and bore with difficulty the jokes of the sailors , and with still more difficulty their attempts at advice and consolation , of most of which the sailmaker 's was a good specimen . Jokes were made upon those who showed any interest in the expected news , and everything near and dear was made common stock for rude jokes and unfeeling coarseness , to which no exception could be taken by any one . The tide leaving us , we came to anchor near the mouth of the bay , under a high and beautifully sloping hill , upon which herds of hundreds and hundreds of red deer , and the stag , with his high branching antlers , were bounding about , looking at us for a moment , and then starting off , affrighted at the noises which we made for the purpose of seeing the variety of their beautiful attitudes and motions . The Cape Cod boy , Nat , put in his double-fisters , starting the blood , and bringing the black and blue spots all over the face and arms of the other , whom we expected to see give in every moment : but the more he was hurt , the better he fought . " This explanation satisfied Jack ; and as it raised Mr. N. ' s credit for capacity , and was near enough to the truth for common purposes , I did not disturb it . Many of the reflections , and the political parts , I omitted , but all the narrative they were delighted with ; especially the descriptions of the Puritans , and the sermons and harangues of the Round-head soldiers .