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While not off , on these wood and water parties , or up the rivers to the missions , we had very easy times on board the ship . Whatever theories may be started by sedentary men , certainly no men could have gone through more hard work and exposure for sixteen months in more perfect health , and without ailings and failings , than our ship 's crew , let them have lived upon Hygela 's own baking and dressing . Whatever the captain does is right , ipso facto , and any opposition to it is wrong , on board ship ; and every officer and man knows this when he signs the ship 's articles . From this , too , the sick are neglected at sea , and whatever may be ashore , a sick man finds little sympathy or attention , forward or aft . We were always glad to see San Diego ; it being the depot , and a snug little place , and seeming quite like home , especially to me , who had spent a summer there . Sunday , July 3d , the breeze continued strong , the air exceedingly chilly , and the thermometer low . When the water ran off , we picked the sheep up , and put them in the long-boat , got the long-boat , got the galley back in its place , and set things a little to rights ; but , had not our ship had uncommonly high bulwarks and rail , everything must have been washed overboard , not excepting Old Bill and the cook . The second mate was aloft , and the third mate and myself were painting the quarter-boat , which hung by the davits , so he betook himself to us ; but we looked at one another , and the officer was too busy to say a word .