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** en to laugh at any time , he seldom uttered the latter without tkte app&utence of a smile ; which , however , he immediately tiofrreeted * and his features assumed their former gravity . It was thi * : whenever asked what country he was of , he ( having the fear of hfe wife before his eyes , I suppose ) always answered that * he Was an Irishman . " He took a great liking to me , and told me privately that hi * real name was Syphax , and that he M ^ as a deserter from a British man o ' war .
* * * One mid-watch , old Bryden , the second lieutenant , came to me and said in an under tone , " Mr , I'll be dtoll—if the ship is not in a pretty infernal state" ( this WM hi » usual way of talking ) " and I can ' t leave the deck , though I fancy there ' s mischief brewing below . There ' s the master-at-arms dead drunk , rest his soul—there ' s the corporal of marines piping drunk—and the serjeant nowhere to be found ¦ ¦ ' em all ! I wish to the Lord above you'd just take the Ian thorn in your fist and go down between decks , for we ' ve a precious set of infernal rascals aboard . "— " Certainly , " said I , and taking the femthorn , I descended . The lights were all out betetv , and all was silent . This , however , I thought betokened
fife gtitod ; it was too unusual , and it suddenly occurred to me that I liquid go the rounds in the dark , by doing which I should see anything that was going on wrong , without giving any warning of my approach , or being seen myself , which might not end pleasantly . I set the lanthorn therefore up in one corner of the Midahjpmen * s berth , and went groping my way round the lower deck . The first thing I came to was the drunken body of the
magter-at-arms , whom I nearly fell over , when , after a moment ' s pause , employed in listening if there were any sounds forward , I atept lightly over his fuming carcase , and began to feel my way OUWHrdfefJ I ftpon came to the hammocks of the ship ' s company , and sortie being hung lower than others , or bearing heavier burden& . while some swung high and loose , their owners being in tbe watch on deck , caused an inequality which made my journey very
awkward ; because , if I had inadvertently thumped my head and sll&ulders op against a body hard enough to wake the sleeper , he mi g ht no % be satisfied either with my silence , or the answer I should give , and jump out to seize the offender , which of course mipfct have produced disagreeable consequences , in the mutinous stele of things . To me there is always something awful in sleep . 1 sometimes see a loveliness in it also , but only when the person
baft a beautiful and amiable expression of countenance ; and 0 x * ept in children and young females this is seldom the case . I # ewetttlly see at being before me whpae mind is prostrate with the So 4 y , that is , whose ? ideas are under the entite dominion of such i * t £ iD * l tgnMttSons as the state of health a . pd natural disposition df the person iarfoeea ; but if the Bleep be sound and perfect , I
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1836, page 614, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2662/page/26/
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