Another, and a more amusing, specimen was one whom we saw at San Francisco.  He had been a lad on board the ship California, in one of her first voyages, and ran away and commenced Ranchero, gambling, stealing horses, &c.  He worked along up to San Francisco, and was living on a rancho near there while we were in port.  One morning, when we went ashore in the boat, we found him at the landing-place, dressed in California style,—­ a wide hat, faded velveteen trousers, and a blanket thrown over his shoulders,—­ and wishing to go off in the boat, saying he was going to pasear with our captain a little.  We had many doubts of the reception he would meet with; but he seemed to think himself company for any one.  We took him aboard, landed him at the gangway, and went about our work, keeping an eye upon the quarter-deck, where the captain was walking.  The lad went up to him with complete assurance, and, raising his hat, wished him a good afternoon.  Captain Thompson turned round, looked at him from head to foot, and, saying coolly, ``Hallo! who the hell are you?’’ kept on his walk.  This was a rebuff not to be mistaken, and the joke passed about among the crew by winks and signs at different parts of the ship.  Finding himself disappointed at head-quarters, he edged along forward to the mate, who was overseeing some work upon the forecastle, and tried to begin a yarn; but it would not do.  The mate had seen the reception he had met with aft, and would have no cast-off company.  The second mate was aloft, and the third mate and myself were painting the quarter-boat, which hung by the davits, so he betook himself to us; but we looked at each other, and the officer was too busy to say a word.  From us, he went to one and another of the crew, but the joke had got before him, and he found everybody busy and silent.  Looking over the rail a few moments afterward, we saw him at the galley-door talking with the cook.  This was indeed a come-down, from the highest seat in the synagogue to a seat in the galley with the black cook.  At night, too, when supper was called, he stood in the waist for some time, hoping to be asked down with the officers, but they went below, one after another, and left him.  His next chance was with the carpenter and sailmaker, and he lounged round the after hatchway until the last had gone down.  We had now had fun enough out of him, and, taking pity on him, offered him a pot of tea, and a cut at the kid, with the rest, in the forecastle.  He was hungry, and it was growing dark, and he began to see that there was no use in playing the caballero any longer, and came down into the forecastle, put into the ``grub’’ in sailor’s style, threw off all his airs, and enjoyed the joke as much as any one; for a man must take a joke among sailors.  He gave us an account of his adventures in the country,—­ roguery and all,—­ and was very entertaining.  He was a smart, unprincipled fellow, was in many of the rascally doings of the country, and gave us a great deal of interesting information as to the ways of the world we were in.