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As for myself , I had had no sleep for forty-eight hours ; and the want of rest , together with constant wet and cold , had increased the swelling , so that my face was nearly as large as two , and I found it impossible to get my mouth open wide enough to eat . " Sails " ( the sailmaker ) tried to comfort him , and told him he was a bloody fool to give up his grub for any woman 's daughter , and reminded him that he had told him a dozen times that he 'd never see or hear from his wife again . 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 . This was an iceberg , and of the largest size , as one of our men said who had been in the Northern ocean . The second mate was aloft , and the third mate and myself were painting the quarter-boat , which hung by the davits , so he betook himself to us ; but we looked at one another , and the officer was too busy to say a word . From this consideration , though I had said that I would have nothing to do with an exchange , I did my best to get some one to go voluntarily . I repeated what I had said , and insisted upon my right to return in the ship . Having gone through this , the next thing was to get into the head , - one on each side - with a bucket apiece , and duck one another , by drawing up water and heaving over each other , while we were stripped to a pair of trowsers . Captain Holmes endeavored to get him a passage back , but there being no vessel to sail for some time , the boy left him , and went to board at a common sailor 's boarding-house , in Ann street , where he supported himself for a few weeks by selling some of his valuables . The California had finished discharging her cargo , and was to get under weigh at the same time with us . Our ship rose slowly over a few of the largest of them , until one immense fellow came rolling on , threatening to cover her , and which I was sailor enough to know , by " the feeling of her " under my feet , she would not rise over .