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- as long as she cracks she holds ! Each morning we went ashore , and beat and brought off as many hides as we could steeve in the course of the day , and , after breakfast , went down into the hold , where we remained at work until night . 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 . You're frightened by the ducking you got in the scuppers , and ca n't take a joke ! We pulled him on board the Ayacucho , and when he left the boat he gave each of its crew a piece of money , except myself , and shook hands with me , nodding his head , as much as to say , - " We understand one another . The forecastle , shut up tight to keep out the water and cold air ; - the watch either on deck , or asleep in their berths ; - no one to speak to ; - the pale light of the single lamp , swinging to and fro from the beam , so dim that one can scarcely see , much less read by it ; - the water dropping from the beams and carlines , and running down the sides ; and the forecastle so wet , and dark , and cheerless , and so lumbered up with chests and wet clothes , that sitting up is worse than lying in the berth ! By the time this is done , and you are looking out for a soft plank for a nap , - " Lay aft here , and square in the head yards ! " they are ice islands , if I can see a hole through a ladder ; " and a few moments showed the mate to be right and all our expectations fled ; and instead of what we most wished to see , we had what we most dreaded , and what we hoped we had seen the last of . " - " Lay aloft , you boys , and loose the royals ! 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 . Sailors are willing enough , but it is true , as is often said - No one ships for nurse on board a vessel . I also sewed and covered a tarpaulin hat , thick and strong enough to sit down upon , and made myself a complete suit of flannel under-clothing , for bad weather . When the last luff was hooked on , all hands were called to the rope - cook , steward , and all - and ranging ourselves at the falls , one behind the other , sitting down on the hides , with our heads just even with the beams , we set taught upon the tackles , and striking up a song , and all lying back at the chorus , we bowsed the tackles home , and drove the large books chock in out of sight . He a' n't the child you take him for. At each change of the watch , those coming on deck asked those going below - " How does she go along ? As she passed abreast of us , we all collected in the waist , and gave her three loud , hearty cheers , waving our hats in the air . " one can almost hear the bell and well-known voice of " Old Wilson , " crying the boy as " strayed , stolen , or mislaid ! We left here the young Englishman , George Marsh , of whom I have before spoken , who was wrecked upon the Pelew Islands . I had determined not to go myself , happen what would , and I knew that the captain would not dare to attempt to force me . To make a walk , which is absolutely necessary to pass away the time , one of us hit upon the expedient of sanding the deck ; and afterwards , whenever the rain was not so violent as to wash it off , the weatherside of the quarterdeck and a part of the waist and forecastle were sprinkled with the sand which we had on board for holystoning ; and thus we made a good promenade , where we walked fore and aft , two and two , hour after hour , in our long , dull , and comfortless watches . Yet she could bear it well ; and the captain sang out from the quarter-deck - " Another reef out of that fore-topsail , and give it to her ! " 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 .