think of that! when every moment we thought the ship would sink! death and the judgment then? what? with all three masts making such an everlasting thundering against the side; and every sea breaking over us, fore and aft. think of death and the judgment then? no! no time to think about death then. life was what captain ahab and i was thinking of; and how to save all hands—how to rig jury-masts—how to get into the nearest port; that was what i was thinking of."