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If the punishment is excessive , or the cause not sufficient to justify it , he is answerable ; and the jury are to determine , by their verdict in each case , whether , under all the circumstances , the punishment was moderate , and for a justifiable cause . The water-party were gone three days , during which time they narrowly escaped being carried out to sea , and passed one day on an island , where one of them shot a deer , great numbers of which overrun the islands and hills of San Francisco Bay . There is , however , one point connected with the administration of justice to seamen , to which I wish seriously to call the attention of those interested in their behalf , and , if possible , also of some of those concerned in that administration . Next to seeing land , there is no sight which makes one realize more that he is drawing near home , than to see the same heavens , under which he was born , shining at night over his head .