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The constant wading in the water , in all weathers , to take off hides , together with the other labors , is too much for old men , and for any who have not good constitutions . The mate walked the deck , looking at the sails , and then over the side to see the foam fly by her , slapping his hands upon his thighs and talking to the ship - " Hurrah , you jade , you've got the scent ! To be sure , all power is in the captain , and the officers hold their authority only during his will ; and the men are liable to be called upon for any service ; yet , by breaking in upon these usages , many difficulties have occurred on board ship , and even come into courts of justice , which are perfectly unintelligible to any one not acquainted with the universal nature and force of these customs . So close is the channel to some of these islands , that we ran the end of our flying-jib-boom over one of the out-works of the fortifications on George 's Island ; and had had an opportunity of seeing the advantages of that point as a fortified place ; for , in working up the channel , we presented a fair stem and stern , for raking , from the batteries , three or four times . In the first place , the courts have said that public policy requires the power of the master and officers should be sustained . We must come down from our heights , and leave our straight paths , for the byways and low places of life , if we would learn truths by strong contrasts ; and in hovels , in forecastles , and among our own outcasts in foreign lands , see what has been wrought upon our fellow-creatures by accident , hardship , or vice .