What’s been overlooked is that apparently they also dragged a helpless cat into this mess. WHO brings a cat on a boat trip around the world?
“WHO brings a cat on a boat trip around the world?”
MANY sailors have a cat or dog.
Here for examples: http://www.sailblogs.com/member_list.php
In the wooden-ship days, cats were an important part of keeping the rats down. Under the circumstances of this family, a cat is pooping in the very small space shared by their babies. Unnngh.