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It is perfectly proper that the men should live in a different part of the vessel from the officers ; and if the forecastle is made large and comfortable , there is no reason why the crew should not live there as well as in any other part . When the last luff was hooked on , all hands were called to the rope - cook , steward , and all - and ranging ourselves at the falls , one behind the other , sitting down on the hides , with our heads just even with the beams , we set taught upon the tackles , and striking up a song , and all lying back at the chorus , we bowsed the tackles home , and drove the large books chock in out of sight . " We lowered away the quarter-boat , instantly ; and the captain and four hands sprang in , and were soon dancing over the water , and alongside the brig . Mr. Brown 's plan had a good effect , for there was no more quarrelling among the boys for the rest of the voyage . I stepped back a little , when she went up behind the Don , and with one hand knocked off his huge sombrero , and at the same instant , with the other , broke the egg upon his head , and springing behind me , was out of sight in a moment . She proved to be the brig Convoy , from the Sandwich Islands , engaged in otter hunting , among the islands which lie along the coast . 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 . If the look-out was caught napping , the whole watch was kept awake . When we came to masthead the topsail yards , with all hands at the halyards , we struck up " Cheerily , men , " with a chorus which might have been heard half-way to Staten Land . " which we had last heard dying away among the desolate hills of San Diego , soon brought the anchor to the bows ; and , with a fair wind and tide , a bright sunny morning , royals and sky-sails set , ensign , streamer , signals , and pennant , flying , and with our guns firing , we came swiftly and handsomely up to the city . A regulation of the port forbids any ballast to be thrown overboard ; accordingly , our long-boat was lined inside with rough boards and brought alongside the gangway , but where one tub-full went into the boat , twenty went overboard . I took my place at the starboard after gun , and we all waited for the signal from on shore . He is bound in gallantry to find out the lady and return the compliment , though it must not be done if the person sees you . I knew , too , that Captain T - - - had received orders to bring me home in the Alert , and he had told me , when I was at the hide-house , that I was to go home in her ; and even if this had not been so , it was cruel to give me no notice of the step they were going to take , until a few hours before the brig would sail . Having no money , and all his clothes and other things being in the chest , on board , and being a stranger , he became tired and hungry , and ventured down toward the shipping , to see if the vessel had sailed . Not a drop of anything had been given them during the whole time , ( though the captain , as on the night that I was on deck , had his coffee every four hours , ) except that the mate stole a potful of coffee for two men to drink behind the galley , while he kept a look-out for the captain . Many a dispute have I heard raging high between professed " beach-combers , " as to whether the hides should be stowed " shingling , " or back-to-back , and flipper-to-flipper ; " upon which point there was an entire and bitter division of sentiment among the savans . During the two days I had been below , the weather was much the same that it had been , head winds , and snow and rain ; or , if the wind came fair , too foggy , and the ice too thick , to run .