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By night he was provided with a board , a foot and a half wide , on which to stretch himself ; and as he lay pretty far aft , was warned against scratching himself , lest the rattle of his chains should disturb the officers , whose quarters were divided from the slaves ' by the thinnest of wooden partitions . By day , indeed , these officers , as well as the chaplain , had the use of the Commodore 's room , a fairly spacious chamber in the stern , shaped on the outside like a big cradle , with bulging windows and a couple of lanterns on the taffrail above , that were lit when evening closed in . But at night , or in foul weather , M. de la Pailletine reserved this apartment for his own use . At six o'clock every morning the slaves were roused up and began their day with prayers , which the chaplain conducted , taking particular care that the Huguenots were hearty in their responses . The Turks -- or _ Vogue-avants _ as they were called -- were never molested on the score of religion ; but while Mass was being said were put out of the galley into a long-boat , where they diverted themselves by smoking and talking till the Christians were through with their exercises . When these were done the daily portion of biscuit -- pretty good , though coarse -- was doled out to each man , and at ten o'clock a porringer of soup . Also , on days when the galleys were taken for a cruise , each slave received something less than a pint of wine , morning and evening , to keep up his strength .