The cook is the patron of the crew, and those who are in his favor
can get their wet mittens and stockings dried, or light their pipes at
the galley on the night watch. These two worthies, together with the
carpenter and sailmaker, if there be one, stand no watch, but, being
employed all day, are allowed to "sleep in" at night, unless all hands
are called.
The crew are divided into two divisions, as equally as may be,
called the watches. Of these the chief mate commands the larboard, and
the second mate the starboard. They divide the time between them,
being on and off duty, or, as it is called, on deck and below, every
other four hours. If, for instance, the chief mate with the larboard
watch have the first night-watch from eight to twelve; at the end of
the four hours, the starboard watch is called, and the second mate
takes the deck, while the larboard watch and the first mate go below
until four in the morning, when they come on deck again and remain
until eight; having what is called the morning watch. As they will
have been on deck eight hours out of twelve, while those who had the
middle watch- from twelve to four, will only have been up four hours,
they have what is called a "forenoon watch below," that is, from
eight, A.
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