In this attempt, one man was struck on the head, and dropped insensible.

He was taken up for dead, and carried below to Cuticle, the surgeon, while the Portuguese was put under guard.

But the wound did not prove very serious; and in a few days the man was walking about the deck, with his head well bandaged.
This occurrence put an end to the "skylarking," further head-breaking being strictly prohibited.

In due time the Portuguese paid the penalty of his rashness at the gangway; while once again the officers _shipped their quarter-deck faces_..