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Ifejei&iiAifr / imp * 6 catiHis ^ « j&C if ^ hksb - ^ epeiistowerfairrlflto dtei ftpi ^ ji ^^ thidtl y esi the : blows fr # m the kiiottedi f mtlkJearfx ^ BJ ^ * oollmf each > ofjtbeee officials t , as goon as the preen bad ehoriHsW
fhtiir > screaming ? signalAo ' hoist away / the whale four dtoptkjari belaboured each passing back with all the vigour whiohribrir muscular anna and brawny shoulders could throw into the blows . . Againr and again , and again the ceremony was repeated , without a . minute ' s intermission , for more than an hour ; each trial
diminishing the chance of the desired result . -A new device was then hit upon , <; The yawl and cutter were lowered again to the wate * , and divisions of men taken from the yard tackles , ( by which the JaupCjh was hoisted in , ) and wearied , and heart * sweatings and suppressing , in fear of consequences , ( charge of mutiny ,, ) the . g ^ a , vfing indignation which burned in their brains , were ordered 9
to clftp ) on Xo the other boatsfalls , and the command , as wselest as . itwaa : merciless , was given , 'to make a run of all three- beife tog £ tih , eiv which the lieutenant knew to be utterly impossible . . Itfo , | matter for tixat ; it ^ was his will . The trial was made , ; attcornpattted by the former thwackings and thrashings , to which he
united the strength of his own arm ,, —not to the boats' tacklesyuL in flogging men ' s backs . Useless , useless !—no mattery-1 Ot shall be done . ' The fatigue of the men , which was now almost overpowering , and many were ready to drop , was not of * the * slightest importance ; he was not fatigued ; and thus for move than two hours was the devilish infliction continued , and ceased
only when , not his fury , —oh ! I beg pardon , 1 forgot , —his respect for discipline was satisfied , but when his own body refused to obey hie heart ' s injunctions , and the launch was hoisted in by wearied jerks . He was tired , and gave in till another opportu * - nity * ft . -ii < . , BMt his fury died off , and he had neither malice nor ugly r& ~ mentbrances beyond its minute—a redeeming feature in his spirit which I . cannot award to all officers whom I have seen ; ami such
a , man was far less a cause of continued suffering and disgust to a $ hip ' & crew than others whose gentility never permits them to exhibit passion , whose propriety retains a calm face and equable voice , while the heart within is bubbling in concentrated rage , tor jn its petty spiteful joy at the opportune exercise of privilege'to annoy , With some , the only apparent use and pleasantness * of power is its affording means of time and place to make those who nave had the misfortune to be within its influence feel it iatithe
most galling foran- ^ -ra lengthened and rep eated process of niggling irritations , as if with a resolve of provoking looks , words , or movements which could be taken advantage of , translated , and reported to the commanding officer as insolence , disobedience of orcUrsyccr mutinous conduct . It wa £ by no meana unusual to resort to < fch > s device , especially in ihoso ahip ^ in which tlia capt » i n& liad . tex pre ^ ly orief ^ xi tY&t up j ^ an ucl tywd 3 bould > hef ^ trtei 4 « n ^ twwk
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1835, page 421, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2646/page/57/
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