5/24 The officer of registration was very expeditious from long practice. He decided, at once, that I formed a new class by myself; of which, of course, I was No.1.The captain and his two mates formed another, Nos. Bob had a class also to himself, and the honors of No. 1; and the crew formed a fresh class, being numbered according to height, as the register deemed their merits to be altogether physical. Next came the important point of color, on which depended the quality of the class or caste, the numbers merely indicating our respective stations in the particular divisions. |