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It was a contrast to much that we had lately seen , and a spectacle not only of beauty , but of life ; for it required but little fancy to imagine these islands to be animate masses which had broken loose from the " thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice , " and were working their way , by wind and current , some alone , and some in fleets , to milder climes . I shall never forget the gratitude that he expressed . It did not appear to be blowing hard , and looking up through the scuttle , we could see that it was a clear day , overhead ; yet the watch were taking in sail . We had an old sow on board , the mother of a numerous progeny , who had been twice round the Cape of Good Hope , and once round Cape Horn . A pretty young girl was dancing , named , after what would appear to us the sacrilegious custom of the country - Espiritu Santo , when a young man went behind her and placed his hat directly upon her head , letting it fall down over her eyes , and sprang back among the crowd . Had it been fine weather , or in port , I should have gone below and lain by until my face got well ; but in such weather as this , and short-handed as we were , it was not for me to desert my post ; so I kept on deck , and stood my watch and did my duty as well as I could . In addition to these , they had picked up at the theatres and other places a few songs of a little more genteel cast , which they were very proud of ; and I shall never forget hearing an old salt , who had broken his voice by hard drinking on shore , and bellowing from the mast-head in a hundred north-westers , with all manner of ungovernable trills and quavers - in the high notes , breaking into a rough falsetto - and in the low ones , growling along like the dying away of the boatswain 's " all hands ahoy ! A great deal was said about our friend Don Juan Bandini , and when he did appear , which was toward the close of the evening , he certainly gave us the most graceful dancing that I had ever seen . Hope shook me by the hand , said he should soon be well again , and ready to work for me when I came upon the coast , next voyage , as officer of the ship ; and told me not to forget , when I became captain , how to be kind to the sick .