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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 . He made every effort to go home in our ship , but his captain refused to part with him except in the way of exchange , and that he could not effect . Friday , and a part of Saturday , we were engaged in this work , until we had thrown out all but what we wanted under our cargo on the passage home ; when , as the next day was Sunday , and a good day for smoking ship , we cleared everything out of the cabin and forecastle , made a slow fire of charcoal , birch bark , brimstone , and other matters , on the ballast in the bottom of the hold , calked up the hatches and every open seam , and pasted over the cracks of the windows , and the slides of the scuttles , and companionway . " 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 . Had I known , an hour sooner , that he was to leave us , I would have made an effort to get from him the true history of his early life . Several old shoes were very decently repaired , and with waxed ends , an awl , and the top of an old boot , I made me quite a respectable sheath for my knife . It was dated August , just a year from the time I had sailed from home ; and every one was well , and no great change had taken place . I went below and turned-in , covering myself over with blankets and jackets , and lay in my berth nearly twenty-four hours , half asleep and half awake , stupid , from the dull pain . 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 . I spent an evening on board , and found them making the best of the matter , and determined to rough it out as they might ; but my friend S - - - was determined to go home in the ship , if money or interest could bring it to pass .