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  My Companions were agreeable enough - but the Captain!  Before we left London he had given occasional proofs of inebriety, but I had hoped that his duties as a Seaman & navigator when at Sea would reclaim him from the intemperate ? of the bottle.  Alas, the truth - pardon the word - was in a state of intoxication the whole voyage - he seldom changed his clothes unless they were falling to pieces - he seldom if ever slept in his berth - the Cabin passengers fortunately had State rooms - sad as tey were - this the Captain would sit & ? by himself after we had eaten night fall drink made the ? & then groan & sleep - he had a horror of even moderate cleanliness &  in a short time the cabin became perfectly pestiferous.   The five days we remained at St. Thomas the Captain led a life of drunkeness & dissipation - but I was fortunately located on Shore with