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This was very popular , and Jack was called upon every night to give them his " sentimental song . He was in this capacity when we saw him ; and though it was much better for him than the life in the forecastle , and the hard work , watching , and exposure , which his delicate frame could not have borne , yet , to be joined with a black fellow in waiting upon a man whom he probably looked upon as but little , in point of education and manners , above one of his father 's servants , was almost too much for his spirit to bear . A malediction on the Rosa , and him too , was all the answer he got , and he slunk off to leeward . " This is the same place where the Rosa got ashore , " observed the redheaded second mate , most mal-a-propos . Sometimes , when I was at the wheel of a calm night , and the steering required no attention , and the officer of the watch was forward , he would come aft and hold a short yarn with me ; but this was against the rules of the ship , as is , in fact , all intercourse between passengers and the crew . In the forenoon watches below , our forecastle looked like the workshop of what a sailor is - a Jack at all trades . This was pretty tough work for four or five hands , in the face of a gale which almost took us off the yards , and with ropes so stiff with ice that it was almost impossible to bend them . The smallest of the islands which we saw to-day would have made the fortune of poor Jack , if he had had it in Boston ; and I dare say he would have had no objection to being there with it . " " Jack Crosstree , " etc ., has put life and strength into every arm . This pacified them a little , but Jack had got a notion that a poor lad was to be imposed upon , and did not distinguish very clearly ; and though I knew that I was in no fault , and , in fact , had barely escaped the grossest injustice , yet I felt that my berth was getting to be a disagreeable one . from the dignified , feudal-looking President , with his " auctoritate mihi commissa , " and walking off the stage with their diplomas in their hands ; while upon the very same day , their classmate was walking up and down California beach with a hide upon his head . 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 . This being all done with , we gave one day to bending our sails ; and at night , every sail , from the courses to the skysails , was bent , and every studding-sail ready for setting . " 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 . An English brig , which had put into San Francisco , lost both her anchors ; the Rosa was driven upon a mud bank in San Diego ; and the Pilgrim , with great difficulty , rode out the gale in Monterey , with three anchors ahead . Fortunately , I needed no help from any one , and no medicine ; and if I had needed help , I do n't know where I should have found it . The Saturday night before our sailing , I spent an hour in the oven , and took leave of my Kanaka friends ; and , really , this was the only thing connected with leaving California which was in any way unpleasant . This passenger - the first and only one we had had , except to go from port to port , on the coast , was no one else than a gentleman whom I had known in my better days ; and the last person I should have expected to have seen on the coast of California - Professor N - - - , of Cambridge .