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had.
,
tust .tarted on
rrq
pallap
out .hen I
wa.
led off on
tlli. long d.1jp'.nion.
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re 109
day.
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of the ••••on. Ther. 11 little to b. aaid about an India
voyll&'. To
r:q
mind there ia nothiIl& more pleaaant, or ,.ould be
if
rich
owner. could only "collect that poor passengers
had
.
tom'cha. 1I's .ere al.
moat st.r"'o , and Ihould haYe been entirely so
had
it not been for some
"-
eep put on board by Uncle
.
A..
outside a! the ship's storn. y.t the
.
hip belonged to
Kr.
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~.
Owners
b
those dayl seeaed to go on the principle that because a man
had
to undergo .we hardlhipi in going to sea
be
OV&ht to have all the
other. put 'Upon hUI.
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wu
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onous, but there is
alw~a
something to occupy the attention,- the ch.nges
a! the weather. the manelI'lera of
the
ship, no. and then a lail to be spoken,
the Itu,df of
nav~ation,
and eyen the q1l8l"rels of the amall circle in the
cebin.
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y
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ueing.
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had.
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that
could be
enJo)'ed in that new plod tion. So I appeared on the quarter
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