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I don't believe it , " said I ; and I fear the ill - humour caused by my bodily discomforts showed a little in my voice . " Oh ! You get used to sugar in time and don't notice it , " said my host soothingly . " There are worse cargoes ...
I don't believe it , " said I ; and I fear the ill - humour caused by my bodily discomforts showed a little in my voice . " Oh ! You get used to sugar in time and don't notice it , " said my host soothingly . " There are worse cargoes ...
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He seemed to think at first , too , he was going to run the ship , and I had to show him right away there was only one master aboard her - and that was me . He'd brought a dozen or so assorted Chinks along with him -cooks and orderlies ...
He seemed to think at first , too , he was going to run the ship , and I had to show him right away there was only one master aboard her - and that was me . He'd brought a dozen or so assorted Chinks along with him -cooks and orderlies ...
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One morning he didn't show up at breakfast . He didn't turn up at all , although I turned the ship inside out looking for him . He just vanished . " " Good Lord ! ' " " said I. A 2 me to say nothing and leave he got up a 1927.
One morning he didn't show up at breakfast . He didn't turn up at all , although I turned the ship inside out looking for him . He just vanished . " " Good Lord ! ' " " said I. A 2 me to say nothing and leave he got up a 1927.
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He was particularly celebrated as a navigator and a good seaman , and he showed preference for me in one respect , as he would allow no one to touch his chronometer but myself . This instrument was his own private property .
He was particularly celebrated as a navigator and a good seaman , and he showed preference for me in one respect , as he would allow no one to touch his chronometer but myself . This instrument was his own private property .
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Whilst in this confinement , sitting cramped up in a corner and scarcely capable of moving , two of my men showed a mark of attention to me which pleased me very much . They took off their neckerchiefs and 1927.
Whilst in this confinement , sitting cramped up in a corner and scarcely capable of moving , two of my men showed a mark of attention to me which pleased me very much . They took off their neckerchiefs and 1927.
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