What it seemed to me was, that the ship would try to lie down and go to
sleep on her right side; and then, before she had given that position a
fair trial, would suddenly change her mind, and think she could do it
better on her left. At the moment the man came up to me she was trying
to stand on her head; and before he had finished speaking she had given
up this attempt, in which, however, she had very nearly succeeded, and
had, apparently, decided to now play at getting out of the water
altogether.