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The sailor , who only takes his one glass as it is dealt out to him , is in danger of being drunk ; while the captain , who has all under his hand , and can drink as much as he chooses , and upon whose self-possession and cool judgment the lives of all depend , may be trusted with any amount , to drink at his will . He is thrown among landlords , and sharks of all descriptions ; is often led to drink freely ; and comes upon the stand unaided , and under a certain cloud of suspicion as to his character and veracity . Not a drop of anything had been given them during the whole time , ( though the captain , as on the night that I was on deck , had his coffee every four hours , ) except that the mate stole a potful of coffee for two men to drink behind the galley , while he kept a look-out for the captain . Some said that he was going to put into Valparaiso , and winter , and others that he was going to run out of the ice and cross the Pacific , and go home round the Cape of Good Hope . Had he entered upon his situation of his own free will , he could have endured it ; but to have been deceived , and , in addition to that , forced into it , was intolerable . The shippingmaster answered him in a way which the boy did not understand , and advised him to ship . One of them was able to eat , and he soon brought himself to , by gnawing upon raw potatoes ; but the other , by this time , was hardly able to open his mouth ; and the cook took the potatoes raw , pounded them in a mortar , and gave him the juice to drink . As nothing came up , the officers began to feel that they were acting rather a child 's part , and turned the crew to again and the same strict discipline was restored , which prohibits speech between man and man , while at work on deck ; so that , when the steward came forward with letters for the crew , each man took his letters , carried them below to his chest , and came up again immediately ; and not a letter was read until we had cleared up decks for the night .