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The mate had seen the reception he had met with aft , and would have no cast-off company . They swore they would not go aboard , and went back to the town , were stripped and beaten , and lodged in the calabozo , until the next day , when the captain bought them out . From where I stood , the two vessels seemed nothing but spars and sails , while their narrow decks , far below , slanting over by the force of the wind aloft , appeared hardly capable of supporting the great fabrics raised upon them . The older men of the crew , whom it would have been dangerous to have kept in the water , remained on board with the mate , to stow the hides away , as fast as they were brought off by the boats . The same bucket , to be sure , had to go through several hands , and was spoken for by one after another , but as we rinsed off in salt water , pure from the ocean , and the fresh was used only to start the accumulated grime and blackness of five weeks , it was held of little consequence .