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She had evidently more on her than she could bear ; yet it was in vain to try to take it in - the clewline was not strong enough ; and they were thinking of cutting away , when another wide yaw and a come-to , snapped the guys , and the swinging boom came in , with a crash , against the lower rigging . I also sewed and covered a tarpaulin hat , thick and strong enough to sit down upon , and made myself a complete suit of flannel under-clothing , for bad weather . The darkness , and complete stillness of the night , and the solitude of the ocean , gave to the sound a dreadful and almost supernatural effect . " Battle-songs , drinking-songs , boat-songs , love-songs , and everything else , they seemed to have a complete assortment of , and I was glad to find that " All in the Downs , " " Poor Tom Bowline , " " The Bay of Biscay , " " List , ye Landsmen ! His mother was an Italian woman . It wets to the skin , and makes all protection vain . Nearly an hour intervened , when the great doors of the mission church opened , the bells rang out a loud , discordant peal , the private signal for us was run up by the captain ashore , the bride , dressed in complete white , came out of the church with the bridegroom , followed by a long procession . The curse of a people calling themselves Christian , seems to follow them everywhere ; and even here , in this obscure place , lay two young islanders , whom I had left strong , active young men , in the vigor of health , wasting away under a disease , which they would never have known but for their intercourse with Christianized Mexico and people from Christian America . He looked round in vain , for some time , until the direction of so many laughing eyes showed him the fair offender . The lad went up to him with the most complete assurance , and raising his hat , wished him a good afternoon .