So on the 19th day, Dudley, the captain, suggested that they should all have a lottery, that they should draw lots to see who would die to save the rest.
They cast lots to settle who were to be left behind; and, after a sad leave-taking, the little crew set sail, promising, if they ever reached home, to make the case of their comrades known.
" Let us go there cautiously, because we do not want to make the gods or people who live there angry." His crew agreed, and they drew lots to see who among them would accompany Odysseus.