Two o'clock on a winter's morning, struggling with mud-besmeared masses of iron, upon a footing so greasy24 that standing25 was a feat26, hungry and sleepy withal, there was little romance about this business. At last the mate bawled27, "She's short, sir!" and told the men to "'Vast heavin'." Out of the gloom around the tug28-boat emerged, coming close alongside to receive her end of the big rope by which she was to drag us out to sea. No sooner was it fast than a strange voice aft—the Channel pilot's—roared out, "Heave right up, sir!" "Aye, aye, sir!" answered the mate."Heave 'way, boys!" The clatter29 of the pawls recommenced, continuing until the anchor was as high as it would come. The subsequent "catting" and "fishing" of the big "mud-hook" was all a confused dream to me. All I knew was that I had to sit down and pull at a rope which was wound round a capstan by the steady tramp of the crew, of whom one would occasionally growl5 at me to mind my "surge," and I would feel a jerk at my rope that shook me up dreadfully. It seemed an interminable job; but, like everything else, came to an end at last. The mate now walked aft, ordering Jem and my small self to coil ropes up and clear away generally. But he called out almost immediately, "All hands lay aft to muster32!" The whole crowd slouched aft, grouping themselves at the break of the poop, where a sort of elevated deck began just before the mizzenmast. Each individual's name was now read out and answered to as announced. I found that there were six able seamen33, and the nigger-boy, Jem, "foremast hands." The captain, mate, Chips, cook, and myself formed the "afterguard."
The "crowd" were now divided into watches, the mate having first pick for the port watch, and getting Jem over. This ceremony concluded, the word was passed to "Pump ship." Several grumbling34 comments were made on the "one-arm sailor" pumps: a mean, clumsy contrivance, only fit for the smallest vessels35, requiring twice the exertion36 for half the result obtainable from any of the late patents. But the amazement37 and disgust of the fellows can hardly be imagined when, after half an hour's vigorous "Clankety, clankety, clankety, bang!"—three strokes and a pause as the fashion is—there was no sign of a "suck." A burly Yorkshireman, leaning up against the brake to mop his brow, said, "Well, boys, if this —— old scow ain't just sprung a leak, or bin38 left fur 'bout2 a month thout pumpin', we're in for a —— fine thing ov it." There was hardly any intelligible39 response, they all seemed choking with rage and curses. However, they sucked her out, and then the big man asked Chips quietly whether that "spell" was usual. Chips assured him that she had not been baled out for a long time, and that she would certainly "take up" in a day or two. Oil on the troubled waters, but very risky40, for he had only just joined himself; nor did he know anything of the old tub's previous record.
Meanwhile the cook, or "doctor," as his sea-sobriquet is, had been busy making coffee. Unlike any beverage41 called by that name ashore42, even the funny mixture sold at a halfpenny a cup at street corners being quite luxurious43 in comparison with it, yet it was a godsend—boiling hot, with plenty of sugar in it—to those poor wretches44 with the quenchless45 thirst of many day's indulgence in the vilest46 liquor making their throats like furred old drain-pipes. It calmed the rising storm, besides doing them a vast amount of physical good. I was at once busy supplying the wants of the officers, to whom the refreshment48 was heartily49 welcome. All the time, we were ploughing steadily50 along behind the strenuous51 tug at a greater rate than ever I saw the old barky go afterwards. (I have omitted to mention that we were bound for Demerara with a general cargo52, but our subsequent destination was not settled yet.) All hands were allowed a pretty long spell of rest, with the exception of the man at the wheel, and one on the look-out, because, until we were well out, sail would have been more hindrance53 than help. The wind increased as we got farther down, until, as we passed out of the river, quite a sea was rising, to which the old hooker began to bob and curtsey like a country girl looking for a situation. The relentless54 tug, however, tore her through the fast-rising waves, making them break over the bows in heavy spray. This was uncomfortable, but the motion was far worse. All the horrors of sea-sickness came suddenly upon me, and, like an ailing13 animal, I crept into a corner on the main-hatch under the long-boat, wishing for oblivion. Sea-sickness is a theme for jesting, no doubt, but those who have suffered from it much, know how little room there is for laughter at such suffering—suffering too for which, at the time, there seems no hope of alleviation55 except the impossible one of the motion ceasing.
From that morning for several days I remained in this miserable56 condition, not caring a pin's point whether I lived or died, nor, with the sole exception of the negro, Jem, did any one else on board seem to give me one moment's thought. Not that I would lightly accuse them of cruelty or callous57 indifference58 to suffering; but, being all fully31 occupied with their work, they had little leisure to attend to a sea-sick urchin59 that was of small use at his best. However, poor black Jem never forgot me, and, although he had nothing likely to tempt60 my appetite, he always brought his scanty61 meals to where I lay helpless under the long-boat, trying in various quaint62 ways to coax63 me into a returning interest in life. Fortunately for me, the wind held in a quarter that enabled the ship to get out of the Channel fairly soon, considering her limitations, and, once across the dreaded64 stretch of the Bay of Biscay, she speedily ran into fine weather and smoother seas.
When I did eventually find my sea-legs, and resumed my duties in the cabin, I was received with no good grace by my uncle or the doctor. The latter had, indeed, special cause to feel himself aggrieved65, since he had borne the burden of double duty during my illness: a hardship which he was a long time in forgetting. But she was an unhappy ship. The skipper held aloof66 from everybody, hardly holding converse67 with the mate. He even kept the ship's reckoning alone, not accepting the mate's assistance in taking the sun for the longitude68 in the morning, but doing it all himself after a fashion of his own, so that the chief officer was as ignorant of the vessel's true position as I was. Then the food, both forrard and aft, was, in addition to being strictly69 on the abominable70 official scale which is a disgrace to a civilised country, of so unspeakably vile47 a quality that it was hardly fit to give to well-reared pigs. I have often seen the men break up a couple of biscuits into a pot of coffee for their breakfast, and, after letting it stand a minute or two, skim off the accumulated scum of vermin from the top—maggots, weevils, etc.—to the extent of a couple of table-spoonfuls, before they could shovel71 the mess into their craving72 stomachs. Enough, however, for the present on the food-question, which, being one of the prime factors in a sailor's life, must continually be cropping up.
The bleak73, biting edge of the winter weather was now gone, the steady north-easterly breeze blew mild and kindly74, while from an almost cloudless heaven the great sun beamed benignantly—his rays not yet so fierce as to cause any discomfort75. My sensations on first discovering that no land was visible, that we seemed the solitary76 centre of an immense blue circle, whose sharply defined circumference78 was exactly joined to the vast azure79 dome80 overhead, were those of utter loneliness and terror. For I knew nothing of the ways of navigators across this pathless plain, nor realized any of the verities81 of the subject set forth82 in the few books I had read. School learning I had none. Had there been any one to whom I could have gone for information, without fearing a brutal83 repulse84, I should doubtless have felt less miserable; but, as it was, use alone gradually reconciled me to the solemn silence of the illimitable desert around. At rare intervals85 vessels appeared, tiny flecks86 of white upon the mighty waste, which only served to emphasize its immensity as the solitary light of a taper87 does the darkness of some huge hall.
But the sea itself was full of interest. Of course I had little leisure; but what I had was spent mostly in hanging spell-bound over the side, gazing with ever-growing wonder and delight upon this marvellous world of abounding88 life. This early acquired habit never left me, for, many years afterwards, when second mate of one of our finest passenger clippers, I enjoyed nothing so much as to pass an hour of my watch below, seated far out ahead of the ship by the martingale, gazing down into the same beautiful sea.
There were no books on board or reading matter of any kind, except the necessary works on navigation on the captain's shelf; so it was just as well that I could take some interest in our surroundings, if I was not to die mentally as most of the sailors seemed to have done. As I got better acquainted with them, even daring to pay stolen visits to their darksome home in timorous89 defiance90 of the stern orders of my uncle, I found to my amazement, that they could tell me nothing of what I wanted to know. Their kindness often went the length of inventing fabulous91 replies to my eager questions, but they seemed totally ignorant of anything connected with the wonders of the ocean.
The days slipped rapidly away, until we entered the Sargasso Sea, that strange vortex in the middle of the Atlantic. It was on a Sunday morning, when, according to custom, no work was a-doing, except for the doctor and me. Even our duties were less exacting92 than usual; so that I was able to snatch many a short spell of gazing overside at the constantly increasing masses of Gulf-weed that, in all its delicate beauty of branch and bud, came brushing past our sides. That afternoon the sea, as far as eye could reach, bore no bad resemblance to a ripe hayfield, the weed covering the water in every direction, with hardly a patch of blue amid the prevailing yellow. Before the light trade-wind we were hardly able to make any headway through the investing vegetation, which overlaid the waves so heavily that the surface was smooth as a millpond. Through the bewildering mazes93 of that aquatic94 forest roved an innumerable multitude of fish of every shape, size, and hue95, while the branches themselves swarmed96 with crustacea, so that a draw-bucket full of weed would have furnished quite a large-sized aquarium97 with a sufficiently98 varied99 population. I could have wished the day forty-eight hours long; but I was the only one on board that derived100 any pleasure from the snail-like progress we made. The captain's vexation showed itself in many ways, but mostly in inciting101 Chips to order various quite uncalled-for jobs of pulling and hauling, which provoked the watch so much that there was a continual rumble102 of bad language and growling103. Even the twenty minutes' spell at the pumps, which, from its regularity104 every two hours, now passed almost unnoticed, was this afternoon the signal for a great deal of outspoken105 and unfavourable comment upon the characters of ship, owner, and captain. The latter gentleman paced his small domain106 with uncertain tread, as usual; but the glitter in his eye, and the set of his heavily bearded lips, showed how sorely he was tempted107 to retaliate108. But he prudently109 forebore, well aware of his helplessness in case of an outbreak, as well as being forced to admit full justification111 for the bitter remarks that were so freely indulged in.
Indeed, it was a serious question how long the present peace would last. The rigging was dropping to pieces; so that a man never knew, when he went aloft, whether he would not come crashing down by the run, from the parting of a rotten footrope or a perished seizing. The sails were but rags, worn almost to the thinness of muslin, every flap threatening to strip them from the yards. There was no material for repairs, no new rope, canvas, or "seizing-stuff;" half a barrel of Stockholm tar77, and a few pieces of old "junk" for sennit and spunyarn, representing all the boatswain's stores on board. In fact, the absence of all those necessaries, which are to be found on board the most poverty-stricken of ships, for their bare preservation112 in serviceable condition, was a never-failing theme of discussion in the fo'lk'sle. And one conclusion was invariably arrived at, albeit113 the avenues of talk by which it was reached were as tortuous114 and inconsequent as could well be. It was the grim one that the Arabella was never intended to return. This thought tinctured all the men's ideas, embittered115 their lives, and made the most ordinary everyday tasks seem a burden almost too grievous to be borne.
Had it not been for the overwhelming evidence that the condition of the afterguard was almost as miserable as their own, the abject116 humility117 of the mate, in spite of his really good seamanship, and the hail-fellow-well-met way in which Chips confessed his utter ignorance of all sailorizing whatever, I very much doubt whether there would not have been a mutiny before we were a fortnight out. But as the villainous food and incessant118 pumping were not aggravated119 by bullying120 and "working up," matters jolted121 along without any outbreak. Born as I was under an unlucky star, my insignificance122 nearly overthrew123 the peace that was so precariously124 kept. The deadly dulness of the cabin was so stifling125, that I felt as if I should die there in the long, dreary126 evenings between supper and bunk127. Nothing to read, nobody to speak to, nothing to do, and forbidden with threats to go forrard among the men—that I should transgress128 sooner or later was a certainty. I took to creeping forrard oftener and more openly, because no detection followed, until a sharp rope's-ending from my uncle brought me up "with a round turn," as the sailor says. By this time I had become rather a favourite forrard, as well as something of a toy, being very small for my age and precocious129 as might be expected from my antecedents. One man especially—Joe, the big Yorkshireman—became strongly attached to me, endeavouring to teach me thoroughly130 the rudiments131 of sailorizing. This was at considerable sacrifice of his own time, which, as he was an ardent132 model-maker, was sufficient proof of his liking133 for me.
Now I was almost destitute134 of clothing, and what little I did possess I was rapidly growing out of. So the next day after my disciplinary castigation135, Joe walked aft in his watch below demanding audience of the skipper. There was an unpleasant scowl136 on the old man's face, as he came on deck to see the audacious man, that boded137 ill for the applicant138 in any case. But when Joe boldly tackled him for a bit of light canvas whereof he might make me a "Cunarder" (a sort of habergeon) and a pair of trousers, the skipper's face grew black with rage. The insult, all the grosser for its truth, was too obvious. When he found his tongue, he burst into furious abuse of Joe for daring to come aft on such an errand. Joe, being no lamb, replied with interest, to the delight of his fellows, who strolled aft as far as the mainmast to hear the fun. This unseemly wrangle139, so subversive140 of all order or discipline, lasted for about ten minutes, during which time I stood shivering at the foot of the cabin ladder in dread30 of the sequel. Finally the old man, unable to endure any more, roared, "Get forrard or I'll shoot ye, ye d—d ugly thief of a sea-lawyer! I'll have ye by the heels yet, an' w'en I do ye'll think Jemmy Smallback's gruppin' ye!" With this parting shot he turned on his heel without waiting the retort discourteous141 that promptly142 followed, descending143 abruptly144 into the cabin with the ironical145 cheers of the delighted crew ringing unmelodiously in his ears.
Under such provocation146 it was little wonder that I paid for all. It must have been balm to my relative's wounded pride to rope's-end me; at any rate, he did so with a completeness that left nothing to be desired. And, in order to avenge147 himself fully, he closed our interview by kicking me forrard, daring me, at the same time, ever to defile148 his cabin again with my mischief-making presence under pain of neck-twisting.
Of course I was received in the fo'lk'sle with open arms. My reception went far to mollify my sore back, for the seclusion149 of the cabin had grown so hateful, that I would willingly have purchased my freedom from it with several such coltings as I had endured, not to speak of the honour of being welcomed as a sort of martyr150. Before long I owned quite a respectable rig-out, made up, by the dexterity151 of Joe, from all sorts of odds152 and ends contributed by all hands at a tarpaulin153 muster. Now each man vied with the other in teaching me all they knew of their business, and I was such an apt pupil that, in a short time, they were able to boast that there was no knot or splice154 known to seafarers, that I was not capable of making in sailor fashion. Being no climbist, as might be expected from an urchin born and bred in London streets, getting used to the rigging was unpleasant at first; but that was mastered in its turn, until nothing remained unlearned but the helm. The one aim, apparently155, of every man forrard was to so fit me for the work I might be called upon to do, as that no excuse might be found for cruelty of any sort. Whether I had the ability to meet his demands or not, it did not seem prudent110 for the old man to try his hand on me again in the colting line, and I went gaily156 enough on my progressive way.
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