The men themselves took up the ball, which they kept rolling, embellished with all sorts of nautical witticisms; their surname--they had but one, viz.

Smith--being entirely dropped for the new appellations.

Thus, the sounds of "Tom Dog," "Jack Cat," "Bill Tiger," "Sam Hog," and "Dick Horse," were flying about the deck from morning to night.
Good humor is a great alleviator of bodily privation.

From the time the ship lost sight of Staten Land, we had heavy weather, with hard gales from the southward and westward; and we had the utmost difficulty in making our southing.

Observations now became a very difficult matter, the sun being invisible for a week at a time.