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A watch of eighteen hours , with wet , and cold , and constant anxiety , nearly wore them out ; and when they came below at nine o'clock for breakfast , they almost dropped asleep on their chests , and some of them were so stiff that they could with difficulty sit down . At night , some of us got a boat and went on board , and found a large , roomy forecastle , ( for she was squarer forward than the Alert , ) and a crew of a dozen or fifteen men and boys , sitting around on their chests , smoking and talking , and ready to give a welcome to any of our ship 's company . I could not but feel a pity for him , especially when I saw him by the side of his fellow-passenger and townsman , a fat , coarse , vulgar , pretending fellow of a Yankee trader , who had made money in San Diego , and was eating out the very vitals of the Bandinis , fattening upon their extravagance , grinding them in their poverty ; having mortgages on their lands , forestalling their cattle , and already making an inroad upon their jewels , which were their last hope . " In the meantime , the wet and cold had brought my face into such a state that I could neither eat nor sleep ; and though I stood it out all night , yet , when it became light , I was in such a state , that all hands told me I must go below , and lie-by for a day or two , or I should be laid up for a long time , and perhaps have the lock-jaw . In the second place , there is always great allowance to be made for false swearing and exaggeration by seamen , and for combinations among them against their officers ; and it is to be remembered that the latter have often no one to testify on their side . The dancing is kept up , at intervals , throughout the day , but the crowd , the spirit , and the elite , come in at night . These appeals have been allowed a weight which is almost incredible , and which , I think , works a greater hardship upon seamen than any one other thing in the laws , or the execution of them .