As we crept closer and closer to our port, favoured by fine weather, discipline disappeared altogether as far as the skipper was concerned. Work still went on as usual out of deference56 to the officers, with whom the chaps felt they had no quarrel, but if the old man opened his mouth he was sure to be insulted by somebody. I have not told—indeed, I dare not tell—a tithe57 of the things that were said to him; the only persons preserving any show of deference towards him being old Hansen and the boys. The officers, of course, did not openly flout58 him—they just ignored him, while he almost cringed to them. And then one day, a week before our arrival off the mouth of the Irrawaddy, Harry came forrard and told us something that made sport for all hands for the rest of that voyage. Everybody was hungry now, fore19 and aft, the commons being woefully short. But at the usual time for taking the forenoon sights for longitude59, the skipper being in his state-room with the door shut, Harry went to call him, supposing him to be asleep. After knocking two or three times, Harry heard a muffled60 voice within saying, "Go away, I'm at my devotions." Such a statement took Harry's breath away for a moment, but yielding to an uncontrollable impulse, he stooped and peeped through the keyhole. There sat Captain Bunker, a square tin of biscuits between his knees, a pot of jam open by his side, and his mouth bulging61 with the delicate food. Harry had seen enough; and in ten minutes it was all over the ship. From that time forward, "Don't disturb me, I'm at my devotions," was heard whenever it was possible to drag it in, until the monotonous62 repetition of the phrase became wearisome as a London catch-word. It annoyed the skipper almost to madness; but that only gave delight to the men, who felt that at last they had got hold of a cheap and effective way of repaying him for the hardships they were enduring through him.
We were favoured with splendid weather, although the north-east monsoon63, being almost "dead on end"—that is, blowing right from the direction in which we had to go—made our progress exasperatingly64 slow; and as the scanty65 stock of bad provisions got lower and lower the gloomiest anticipations66 prevailed. But we managed to reach Elephant Point before we were quite starved, and with the utmost joy received a white pilot on board, who, finding that he was likely to hunger if he had to make any lengthened68 stay with us, used all his skill to get us into port quickly. There were some fine screw-tugs plying69 on the Irrawaddy, but, of course, we could not avail ourselves of their assistance, the towage being enormously high, and our old man most anxious to curtail70 expenses to balance his waste in other directions. So we were treated to an exhibition of backing and filling up the river on the flood, just as the old Geordie colliers do to this day up the Thames: a feat71 of seamanship requiring a great deal of skill for its successful accomplishment72. Of course the tide will carry a vessel73 up the river, but it is necessary to keep her under control, and, with the wind blowing straight down the river, the only way of doing this is to stand across the stream, say on the starboard tack13, with all sails full; then, when as far as possible has been sailed, to haul the yards aback, and go stern foremost back again. In this manner we worked up the noble stream, finding ourselves at the turn of the tide within a few miles of our destination, at a spot known as Monkey Point. Here we anchored for the night, the rushing of the swift ebb74 past us keeping up a continual undertone of energy, and straining our cable out taut75 as if we were stemming a gale76. All manner of bloodthirsty insects boarded us in battalions77, lured78 in our direction, doubtless, by the smell of fresh supplies of food, and through their united efforts we spent a most miserable79 night. So much were we tormented80, that when daylight called us to resume our journey we were languid and worn-out, hardly able to tear the anchor from its tremendous hold upon the thick, elastic81 mud forming the bed of the river. We got under way at last, however, and then another couple of hours brought us up to the anchorage off the city, where a great fleet of steamers and ships lay loading rice, mostly for India, for the relief of a famine which was then raging.
We moored82 with an anchor ahead and another astern, as is usual in crowded anchorages, so that the vessel, as I have before explained, swings round and round as if moored to a post, taking up little more room than her own length. In many respects this was the strangest place that I had yet visited, the pointed83 spires84 of the numerous pagodas85 rising out of the dense87 leafage giving the city a truly Eastern appearance, while the lofty shining summit of the great pagoda86 dominated everything else. As soon as the work of furling sails and clearing up decks was done—as the skipper had hurried ashore—we were allowed the remainder of the day to rest, and, rigging up an awning88 over the forecastle, we proceeded to enjoy ourselves. Here the boats are propelled by the boatmen in exactly the same way as a gondola89 is, and the way those fellows managed their cumbrous craft in the swift current was something compelling all our admiration90. The native vessels91, too, that came majestically92 gliding43 down from far up country laden93 with rice for shipment, were the most interesting that I had yet seen. They were of large size, some of them carrying fifty tons of cargo94, and roofed in by a deeply slanting95 covering of bamboo mats to protect the cargo. Both stern and bow rose in a graceful96 curve, while the stem often towered high in air—a perpendicular97 beam of teak most richly carved into elaborate designs of the quaintest98 and most eerie99 character. A tiny deck aft accommodated the steersman, who with great effort manipulated a gigantic oar67 working through a hole in the stern, also richly carved and decorated in some cases with gilding100. But the men—the yellow, almond-eyed Burmese—not satisfied with the prodigious101 amount of labour expended102 on the adornment103 of their craft, decorated their own bodies so elaborately that it was difficult to understand however they could have borne the tedium104 of the tattooing105, to say nothing of the pain. No people in the world carry the practice of tattooing to such artistic106 lengths as the Burmese universally do. Every man we saw had a magnificent series of designs covering his trunk to the waist, executed in vermilion, and representing flowers, animals, and graceful whorls filling in any spaces too small to allow of anything else being tattooed107 there. From the waist to the knees they were tattooed in blue, the designs being plainer and not so artistic as above. They were a jolly, cheerful lot; but dignified108, too, having none of the exuberance109 of the negro about them.
Just across the river, opposite to where we lay, was a great saw-mill, where a herd110 of a dozen elephants were gravely occupied in drawing teak-logs from rafts in the water up through the mud, and piling them in stacks well above high-water mark. They worked in couples, and seemed to need no directing what to do. Two or three natives lounged about among them; but every effort they made was apparently111 the result of their own initiative as far as could be seen. They worked in couples—sedately, ponderously112; but the sum-total of their labour was quite in keeping with their huge bulk. One enormous beast was apparently the foreman (our fellows called him the bo'sun). He roamed about leisurely113, bearing in his trunk a couple of yards of massive chain, which he flourished now and then as if it were a scourge114 which he would use upon his toiling115 charges should he see fit to encourage them to more strenuous116 effort. But as we stared at the strange sight with intense interest, there was a jet of steam from the mill, a deep whistle sounded, and on the instant every elephant dropped whatever he had in his trunk and, with quickened steps, made for his quarters. It was "knock-off time."
Work proceeded in a very easy-going fashion, for the captain had taken up his quarters on shore and did not return for several days, being supposed by all of us to have entered upon a steady course of spree. We got the hold ready to receive the cargo, and did such other duties as were required of us, without any undue117 strain upon our energies, while our bumboatman kept us well supplied with all such luxuries, in the way of fruit, soft-tack, eggs, etc., as sailors delight in in Indian ports. Matters proceeded in this way until one day an order came off from the skipper that an anchor-watch must be kept. This meant that, instead of one man keeping watch all night, and being free from any other duty, every man must take one hour's watch in addition to his day's work. Now, this sort of vigil is only kept during a temporary anchorage, never as a harbour duty; and, consequently, there was an instant refusal to obey unless the day's work was shortened. The officers, having no authority to do this, refused to entertain the idea, and the result was that no regular watch was kept at all. Two or three nights passed until, in the midst of a tremendous storm of thunder, lightning, and rain, I was roused by old Hansen with the words, "Tom, id's your vatch, und de olt man's 'longside, kigging up de fery teufel 'cause dere's nopody avake." I was lying on the forecastle head under the awning, nearly stifled118 with the heat; and, muttering a blessing119 upon the old man, I pulled off my sole garment, and sallied forth120 into the black, steaming deluge121 in the costume of Adam before the fall. As I reached the gangway the old man just climbed on board; and at that moment a flash of lightning revealed everything as if in full noonday glare—especially my shining white skin. He was just angry drunk; and the sight of me standing122 there, naked and not ashamed, nearly made him split with rage. He howled like a hyena123 for the mate, who, startled beyond measure, came rushing out of his cabin into the flood. Turning savagely to him, the skipper, almost unintelligibly124, demanded the reason of this disgraceful state of affairs—pointing to me, standing, like Lot's wife, under the incessant125 play of the lightning. It was an irresistibly126 funny tableau127. Over the rail peered the black faces and glaring eyeballs of the Hindu boatmen who had brought the skipper off, their impassive faces showing no sign of the wonder they must have felt at these unprecedented128 proceedings129. The hissing130 downpour of rain descended131 pitilessly, its noise almost drowning the infuriated voice of Captain Bunker, who, foaming132 with rage, berated133 the saturnine134 mate. Every other second we were all invisible to each other—the darkness engulfed135 us. Then a rending136 glare of white light revealed us all again, standing as if posing for our portraits. The mate tired of it first, and, turning to me, said grimly, "Go an' get some close on. Y'ought ter be 'shamed o' yerself comin' aft like that." I instantly retreated forrard, while the old man, still raging, followed the mate as he returned to his cabin without deigning137 a word of reply. I rigged myself hurriedly and came aft again, prepared to keep the rest of my watch under the poop-awning in such comfort as I could. But I had hardly lit a cigar (the rupee a hundred sort), and settled myself cosily138 in the skipper's long chair, when that restless man emerged from the companion and strolled towards me. I did not stir—indeed, it was too late, since I was caught. I could only brazen139 it out. At first I feared his rage would choke him, for he gasped140 as if the flow of eloquence141 was literally142 strangling him in its frantic143 efforts to find a vent144. Suddenly he made two steps towards me, gurgling as he did so, "Git off my poop or I'll kick ye down the steps!" I sprang lightly out of my seat and stood on the defensive145, saying nothing, but backing cautiously to the ladder, which I descended with my face towards him. I heard no more of him afterwards, for my watch was soon over, and my relief, one of the apprentices, came on watch at once. Next day there was a regular inquiry146 into the vexed147 anchor-watch question; and, after much heated discussion, it was arranged that we should resume[314] work one hour later each morning and keep regular watch one hour each through the night. As soon as this was settled our worthy148 chief departed on shore again; and there, to our great relief, he remained.
《Confessions of a Tradesman》
《A Sack of Shakings》
《Confessions of a Tradesman》
《A Sack of Shakings》

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