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[Peugh <plo...@ri...>]

 had heard what we had to say, and the argument advanced by each on his
own behalf, he delivered judgment in the following terms: "You are both
of you in the wrong," said he. "Peter should not have refused to obey an
order without referring the matter to me, and you Van Luck ought not to
have taken the law into your own hands when I, your captain, am the
proper judge upon such matters. Still I am willing to overlook your
dereliction of duty (though by every rule of the sea you are both
deserving of death at the yard arm) provided that at the first suitable
place, and time, you fight out your quarrel as man to man, and pass me
your words that, whatever the result, the survivor, or victor, shall
bear the other no ill will." This was a favourite method of Hartog's for
settling disputes that were occasionally bound to arise among his crew
upon so long a voyage. Order upon the ship, he maintained, must, for the
common safety, be ri