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Chapter 22

           Therewasnothinglumberingorunseemlyaboutthevessel,excepting,perhaps,aboat,whichlayonthedeckwithitskeelupbetweentheforeandmainmasts.Itseemeddisproportionatelylargefortheschooner;butwhenIsawthatthecrewamountedtobetweenthirtyandfortymen,Iconcludedthatthisboatwasheldinreserveincaseofanyaccidentcompellingthecrewtodesertthevessel.

           AsIhavebeforesaid,thecostumesofthemenweresimilartothatofthecaptain.Butinhead-geartheydiffered,notonlyfromhim,butfromeachothersomewearingtheordinarystrawhatofthemerchantservice,whileothersworeclothcapsandredworstednightcaps.Iobservedthatalltheirarmsweresentbelow,thecaptainonlyretaininghiscutlassandasinglepistolinthefoldsofhisshawl.Althoughthecaptainwasthetallestandmostpowerfulmanintheship,hedidnotstrikinglyexcelmanyofhismeninthisrespect;andtheonlydifferencethatanordinaryobserverwouldhavenoticedwasacertaindegreeofopencandour,straightforwarddaring,inthebold,ferociousexpressionofhisface,whichrenderedhimlessrepulsivethanhislow-browedassociates,butdidnotbyanymeansinducethebeliefthathewasahero.Thislookwas,however,theindicationofthatspiritwhichgavehimthepreeminenceamongthecrewofdesperadoeswhocalledhimcaptain.

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