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 for him, to make his turn in the bilbose; this was not the only satisfaction I enjoyed for I was at the request of the Surgeon exempted from all other duty than that  assisting his mates in making and  medicines to the sick. This good office I owed to the friendship of Mr. Thomson, who had represented me in such a favourable light to the Surgeon that he demanded me of the Lieutenant to supply the place of his third mate, who was lately dead. When I had obtained this favour, my Thomson carried me down to the  steward, and desired I might be entered  his mess.

After dinner, Thoson led me round ship, showed me the different parts, described their uses, and as far as he could made  acquainted with the particulars of the discipline and  economy practiced on board.— the demanded of the boatswain an  for me, which was slung in a very neat manner by my friend Jack Rattlin; and as I  no bed-clothes procured credit for  with the purser for a mattress and two blankets. Being now assured of my safety, I myself to rest, and slept till eight o'clock, when getting up, and breakfasting with  comrades on biscuit and brandy, the sick  visited and assisted as before.

One day, while I was busied with friend, the doctor chanced to pass by the place