In the cabin he had used some language reflecting upon the principal, and he was now regarded as a malcontent by the captain, and by those who still sustained the discipline of the ship.
"Morrison," called he, as he went forward to the waist.
"Here, sir," replied the boatswain, who belonged in this quarter watch; and there was a boatswain's mate in each of the others.
"Call all hands to reef topsails." The shrill pipe of the boatswain's whistle soon rang above the howling winds, which now sounded gloomily through the rigging.

The call was repeated in the steerage, and at the door of the after cabin, where it could be heard by the officers, for no one on board is exempted when all hands are called.

This was the first taste of the hardships of a seaman's life to which the students had been invited.

It is not pleasant, to say the least, to be turned out of a warm bed in a gale, when the wind comes cold and furious, laden with the spray of the ocean, and be sent aloft in the rigging of the ship, when she is rolling and pitching, jumping and jerking, in the mad waves.

But there is no excuse at such a time, and nothing but positive physical disability can exempt officer or seaman from duty.
It was the first time the boys had seen a gale at sea, and though it was not yet what would be called a strong gale, it was sufficiently terrific to produce a deep impression upon them.