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The truth is , the unlimited power which merchant captains have , upon long voyages on strange coasts , takes away a sense of responsibility , and too often , even in men otherwise well-disposed , substitutes a disregard for the rights and feelings of others . It wets to the skin , and makes all protection vain . Thick stockings and drawers were darned and patched ; mittens dragged from the bottom of the chest and mended ; comforters made for the neck and ears ; old flannel shirts cut up to line monkey jackets ; southwesters lined with flannel , and a pot of paint smuggled forward to give them a coat on the outside ; and everything turned to hand ; so that , although two years had left us but a scanty wardrobe , yet the economy and invention which necessity teaches a sailor , soon put each of us in pretty good trim for bad weather , even before we had seen the last of the fine . The captain , who sleeps all the daytime , and comes and goes at night as he chooses , can have his brandy and water in the cabin , and his hot coffee at the galley ; while Jack , who has to stand through everything , and work in wet and cold , can have nothing to wet his lips or warm his stomach . Keeping some sticks near , to dry , and covering the whole over with a roof of boards , we kept up a small fire , by which we cooked our muscles , and eat them , rather for an occupation than from hunger . " 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 ! Some of the ladies , upon whose heads hats had been placed , threw them off at once , and a few kept them on throughout the dance , and took them off at the end , and held them out in their hands , when the owner stepped out , bowed , and took it from them . When the water ran off , we picked the sheep up , and put them in the long-boat , got the long-boat , got the galley back in its place , and set things a little to rights ; but , had not our ship had uncommonly high bulwarks and rail , everything must have been washed overboard , not excepting Old Bill and the cook . Shirts , frocks , drawers , trowsers , jackets , stockings , of every shape and color , wet and dirty - many of them mouldy from having been lying a long time wet in a foul corner - these were all washed and scrubbed out , and finally towed overboard for half an hour ; and then made fast in the rigging to dry .