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The determination of our captain had at least this good effect ; it gave every one something to think and talk about , made a break in our life , and diverted our minds from the monotonous dreariness of the prospect before us . He spent his own money and nearly all the stores among the half-bloods upon the beach , and being turned away , went up to the Presidio , where he lived the life of a desperate " loafer , " until some rascally deed sent him off " between two days , " with men on horseback , dogs , and Indians in full cry after him , among the hills . The next day , about three P. M ., passed a large corvette-built ship , close upon the wind , with royals and skysails set fore and aft , under English colors . Magellan Clouds settled lower and lower in the horizon ; and so great was our change of latitude each succeeding night , that we sank some constellation in the south , and raised another in the northern horizon . Between the tops , too , and the mast-heads , from the fore to the main swifters , and thence to the mizen rigging , and in all directions athwartships , tricing-lines were run , and strung with hides .