For the first time he would be fully in charge with no commanding officer or second captain to consult, and it has been suggested that he felt the need for a gentleman companion who shared his scientific interests and could dine with him as an equal.
Por primeira vez estaría el completamente ao mando sen ningún oficial de mando ou capitán segundo con quen consultar, e suxeriuse que sentía a necesidade dun cabaleiro que lle fixese compaña e que compartise os seus intereses científicos e puidese cear con el como un igual.