human
My lads, he would say to the ship's company, sending for them aft,
gpt
And sure enough it was try again, until in a minute and a-half it was accomplished. Then the captain would say,
human
I knew you could do it, and having once done it, my lads, of course you can do it again.
gpt
Man overboard, was cried out immediately, and the men [became] very busy clearing away the starboard cutter, with all the expedition requisite on such an occasion. The captain was standing aft on the signal chest when the marine passed astern; the poor fellow could not swim, and Tom turning to me said,
human
Jacob, I should _like_ to save that Jolly,
gpt
And I should _like_ to help you, Tom,
human
I heard you both; and I should _like_ to have a good many more impudent fellows like you.
gpt
Follow my leader. One of the men leads, and all who choose follow him: sometimes forty or fifty will join. Whatever the leader does, the rest must do also; wherever he goes they must follow. Tom, who was always the foremost for fun, was one day the leader, and after having scampered up the rigging, laid out on the yards, climbed in by the lifts, crossed from mast to mast by the stays, slid down by the backstays, blacked his face in the funnel, in all which motions he was followed by about thirty others, hallooing and laughing, while the officers and other men were looking on and admiring their agility, a novel idea came into Tom's head; it was then about seven o'clock in the evening, the ship was lying becalmed, Tom again sprang up the rigging, laid out to the main yard-arm, followed by me and the rest, and as soon as he was at the boom iron, he sprang up, holding by the lift, and crying out,
human
Follow my leader, leaped from the yard-arm into the sea. I was second, and crying out,
gpt
Follow my leader