It Was
Wonderful How The Prospect Brightened, And How Short And Tolerable
The Voyage Appeared, When Viewed In This New Light.
Things looked
differently from what they did when we talked them over in the little
dark forecastle, the night after the flogging at San Pedro.
It is
not the least of the advantages of allowing sailors occasionally
a day of liberty, that it gives them a spring, and makes them feel
cheerful and independent, and leads them insensibly to look on the
bright side of everything for some time after.
S - - - and myself determined to keep as much together as possible,
though we knew that it would not do to cut our shipmates; for,
knowing our birth and education, they were a little suspicious
that we would try to put on the gentleman when we got ashore,
and would be ashamed of their company; and this won't do with
Jack. When the voyage is at an end, you may do as you please,
but so long as you belong to the same vessel, you must be a
shipmate to him on shore, or he will not be a shipmate to you on
board. Being forewarned of this before I went to sea, I took no
"long togs" with me, and being dressed like the rest, in white duck
trowsers, blue jacket and straw hat, which would prevent my going
in better company, and showing no disposition to avoid them, I set
all suspicion at rest. Our crew fell in with some who belonged
to the other vessels, and, sailor-like, steered for the first
grog-shop.
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