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" - The fall was stretched along the decks ; all hands laid hold ; - " Hurrah , for the last time , " said the mate ; and the anchor came to the cat-head to the tune of " Time for us to go , " with a loud chorus . 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 . The captain , who sleeps all the daytime , and comes and goes at night as he chooses , can have his brandy and water in the cabin , and his hot coffee at the galley ; while Jack , who has to stand through everything , and work in wet and cold , can have nothing to wet his lips or warm his stomach . We had nothing on but thin clothes , yet there was not a moment to spare , and at it we went . I went aboard and turned into my hammock , but I could not sleep . This was the best consolation " Sails " had to offer , but it did not seem to be just the thing the carpenter wanted ; for , during several days , he was very much dejected , and bore with difficulty the jokes of the sailors , and with still more difficulty their attempts at advice and consolation , of most of which the sailmaker 's was a good specimen . " and the like , might do for common pulls , but in an emergency , when we wanted a heavy , " raise-the-dead " pull , which should start the beams of the ship , there was nothing like " Time for us to go ! 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 . I read nearly all day , until sundown ; when , as soon as supper was over , as I had nearly finished , they got a light from the galley ; and by skipping what was less interesting , I carried them through to the marriage of Everard , and the restoration of Charles the Second , before eight o'clock . A tall , stately Don , with immense grey whiskers , and a look of great importance , was standing before me , when I felt a light hand on my shoulder , and turning round , saw Donna Angustia , ( whom we all knew , as she had been up to Monterey , and down again , in the Alert , ) with her finger upon her lip , motioning me gently aside . In the forenoon watches below , our forecastle looked like the workshop of what a sailor is - a Jack at all trades . Each one was taking his last look at the mission , the town , the breakers on the beach , and swearing that no money would make him ship to see them again ; and when all hands tallied on to the cat-fall , the chorus of " Time for us to go ! " This explanation satisfied Jack ; and as it raised Mr. N. ' s credit for capacity , and was near enough to the truth for common purposes , I did not disturb it . Two of our men went up to Santa Clara in one of these boats , and were gone three days , during all which time they had a constant rain , and did not sleep a wink , but passed three long nights , walking fore and aft the boat , in the open air . Time after time he was knocked nearly down , but up he came again and faced the mark , as bold as a lion , again to take the heavy blows , which sounded so as to make one 's heart turn with pity for him .