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It is almost equal to clairvoyance . Then I imagined them upon the stage , speaking their orations , dissertations , colloquies , etc ., with the gestures and tones of each , and tried to fancy the manner in which each would handle his subject , * * * * * , handsome , showy , and superficial ; * * * * , with his strong head , clear brain , cool self-possession ; * * * modest , sensitive , and underrated ; * * * * * , the mouth-piece of the debating clubs , noisy , vaporous , and democratic ; and so following . The rail , fore and aft , the windlass , capstan , the sides of the ship , and every vacant place on deck , were covered with wet hides , on the least sign of an interval for drying . Every man had his station , and was not allowed to leave it ; and nothing happened to break the monotony of the night , except once setting the main topsails to run clear of a large island to leeward , which they were drifting fast upon . If I could only have been on deck with the rest , where something was to be done , and seen , and heard ; where there were fellow-beings for companions in duty and danger - but to be cooped up alone in a black hole , in equal danger , but without the power to do , was the hardest trial . However , we were spared any further experience on the point ; for the next day , when we must have been near the Cape of Pillars , which is the south-west point of the mouth of the straits , a gale set in from the eastward , with a heavy fog , so that we could not see half of the ship 's length ahead . He added a few words about their duty in their present situation , and sent them forward , saying that he should take no further notice of the matter ; but , at the same time , told the carpenter to recollect whose power he was in , and that if he heard another word from him he would have cause to remember him to the day of his death . Being clear of the point , the breeze became stiff , and the royal masts bent under our sails , but we would not take them in until we saw three boys spring aloft into the rigging of the California ; when they were all furled at once , but with orders to stay aloft at the top-gallant mastheads , and loose them again at the word . With a fair wind we soon ran clear of the field-ice , and by noon had only the stray islands floating far and near upon the ocean . Arthur about Hope ; and as he had known him on the voyage before , and was very fond of him , he immediately went to see him , gave him proper medicines , and , under such care , he began rapidly to recover .