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The carpenter , very prematurely , and without any authority from the crew , had sounded the mate as to whether he would take command of the ship , and intimated an intention to displace the captain ; and the mate , as in duty bound , had told the whole to the captain , who immediately sent for all hands aft . " I knew that this was too true to be answered , but I excused myself from any blame , and told them that I had a right to go home , at all events . As much as my feelings were taken up by my own intelligence from home , I could not but be amused by a scene in the steerage . Many of the reflections , and the political parts , I omitted , but all the narrative they were delighted with ; especially the descriptions of the Puritans , and the sermons and harangues of the Round-head soldiers . I could not but feel a pity for him , especially when I saw him by the side of his fellow-passenger and townsman , a fat , coarse , vulgar , pretending fellow of a Yankee trader , who had made money in San Diego , and was eating out the very vitals of the Bandinis , fattening upon their extravagance , grinding them in their poverty ; having mortgages on their lands , forestalling their cattle , and already making an inroad upon their jewels , which were their last hope . In the course of the day we saw several icebergs , of different sizes , but none so near as the one which we saw the day before . One would have thought we were on our voyage home , so near did it seem to us , though there were yet three months for us on the coast . The thought that we were actually going up for the last time , and that the next time we went round San Diego point it would be " homeward bound , " brought things so near a close , that we felt as though we were just there , though it must still be the greater part of a year before we could see Boston . As it was , the English lad did not feel comfortably at having had it so near him , and directly over his head .