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The tide leaving us , we came to anchor near the mouth of the bay , under a high and beautifully sloping hill , upon which herds of hundreds and hundreds of red deer , and the stag , with his high branching antlers , were bounding about , looking at us for a moment , and then starting off , affrighted at the noises which we made for the purpose of seeing the variety of their beautiful attitudes and motions . Still , it was not ten o'clock , and the night was long before us , when one of the party produced an old pack of Spanish cards from his monkey-jacket pocket , which we hailed as a great windfall ; and keeping a dim , flickering light by our fagots , we played game after game , one or two o'clock , when , becoming really tired , we went to our logs again , one sitting up at a time , in turn , to keep watch over the fire . All night long , a bright lookout was kept from every part of the deck ; and whenever ice was seen on the one bow or the other , the helm was shifted and the yards braced , and by quick working of the ship she was kept clear . The gallantry of Charles , Dr. Radcliffe 's plots , the knavery of " trusty Tompkins , " - in fact , every part seemed to chain their attention . Industry was the order of the day , and every one did something for himself ; for we knew that as the season advanced , and we went further south , we should have no evenings to work in . The new , strong sails , which we had up off Cape Horn , were to be sent down , and the old set , which were still serviceable in fine weather , to be bent in their place ; all the rigging to be set up , fore and aft ; the masts stayed ; the standing rigging to be tarred down ; lower and topmast rigging rattled down , fore and aft ; the ship scraped , inside and out , and painted ; decks varnished ; new and neat knots , seizings and coverings to be fitted ; and every part put in order , to look well to the owner 's eye , on coming into Boston . Not a ripple upon the surface of the canvas ; not even a quivering of the extreme edges of the sail - so perfectly were they distended by the breeze . What firing of guns , and ringing of bells , and rejoicings of all sorts , in every part of our country !