Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        today. {T}he Capt[ain] called him aft and
        told him [illegible] he w[oul]d put him in
        irons if he w[oul]d not work. {I}t had
        the desired effect [and] the fellow resumed
5      work. The captain has a pair
        of pistols wh[ic]h he always keeps
        loaded beside at his bed head. Well
        sailors are a most refractory gang.
        {T}hey are so accustomed to bad treat-
10    ment, that when they meet in w with
        any one who wishes them well
        they think they have some design for
        doing so, and construe acts of kind-
        ness into acts of designing bribery.
15   but by this I do not I think
        sailors are the worse remuner-
        ated for their labor then any other
        class of men{.}
   
   
   
   
   
   
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