noon
Indeed , there are some natures concerning whose moral maladies the grand maxim of Mr. Similia Similibus Curantur Hahneman does not hold true , since , with them , _ like cures _ not _ like _ , but only aggravates _ like _ . Though , on the other hand , so incurable are the moral maladies of such persons , that the antagonist maxim , _ contraria contrariis curantar _ , often proves equally false . Of a warm tropical day , this Surgeon 's mate must needs go ashore in his blue cloth boat-cloak , wearing it , with a gallant Spanish toss , over his cavalier shoulder . By noon , he perspired very freely ; but then his cloak attracted all eyes , and that was huge satisfaction . Nevertheless , his being knock-kneed , and spavined of one leg , sorely impaired the effect of this hidalgo cloak , which , by-the-way , was some-what rusty in front , where his chin rubbed against it , and a good deal bedraggled all over , from his having used it as a counterpane off Cape Horn . As for the midshipmen , there is no knowing what their mammas would have said to their conduct in Rio . Three of them drank a good deal too much ; and when they came on board , the Captain ordered them to be sewed up in their hammocks , to cut short their obstreperous capers till sober .