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Crockston was even obliged to encourage him by such words as these : `` Come , '' said he , `` do n't be frightened , they are not going to eat us , besides , there is yet time to return . '' `` No , no , '' replied the young man , `` and may God protect us ! '' The same day the sailor Crockston and his nephew were inscribed in the muster-roll of the _ Dolphin _ . The next morning , at five o'clock , the fires of the steamer were well fed , the deck trembled under the vibrations of the boiler , and the steam rushed hissing through the escape-pipes . The hour of departure had arrived . A considerable crowd , in spite of the early hour , flocked on the quays and on Glasgow Bridge ; they had come to salute the bold steamer for the last time . Vincent Playfair was there to say good-bye to Captain James , but he conducted himself on this occasion like a Roman of the good old times .