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uh We fidvir bfcthonght ourselves of turoflng lire thfief into ^ ^ 9 fl ^ qip 4 ityt" and accordingl y the most tender parts of the oao ^ tec ; were cut out and distributed to the stewaiti * of the pffiper 9 mosses , to be . cooked . I tasted shark at tht&z bfthevh , a ^ the difference of flavou r was truly amafcingri ** " It * thfe -muLi ^ mman ' s berth it was the genuine thing : rank , (^ barde , diBcytouj-ed , and so tough that the teeth conld not chisel it tip ^ Btn ^ l the grain . In the gun-room it was like very 6 W ithy ^ m 4 or haddock , done up in butter and egg , and made palatable wfin fish-sauce and cayenne . In the state-ca * binj at the
Atilbaiskdprs ts ^ bte , it resembled fried turbot , or fillet de soles ' , or nriCMsee of chicken—there was no knowing what it w&s ! In fact his French cook , that wonderful professdiy the IaugfrteV , KHfl fyi and riuisance of the ship !—used sometimes to dre 68 , by yky . jrf showing his consummate art , the briny pork dr triafcd-^ ro ^^ eef of tRe ship ' s company , so as to make it almost t 6 o P&foW ^ i ' - ^ ^ gT * nd point in his practice seemed t&b& A -t&a £ &t extracting all the natural taste from the dattfbfes ^ pftA w ) $ | cib lie oberdted , by steaming them till they W&fetfedticfetf tb
^ neujxahty in that respect , and then conferring xipoh tnete any ^ myour he thought proper . And thus " cttstotfl c < tiiW tipt kime Bis rnfiqite variety / ' ? ? - ' * . There Was much talk on board of the terrible heat ' ofV ^ ra ytw ti was 9 l common saying among the men that * thife h ^ BjpX ^ y ^ dl ^ heei ot paper between Vera Cru z and the mfertril refflowit T ^^' t . as though the elements themselves intfendfed to join In tne raisorderly ways of our ship , the nearfer 1 ? £
approached the cooler the weather seemed to becottie . W ^ ' alfito w . J biijBW'tW o 1 vatet-s pouts . 1 ^ fn f ^ Vinortiii ^ g watch , just as it was day-light , we d ^ srorfed In ^ ters a ^ head , apd soon saw some tremendous nfeeft , with ili ^ j ^ a ^ e ^ foaming and leaping for theit expected jtftejri / IftHete Ibad beea a very little more wind in the ni g litwG mutft iYiteWibly ^ 4 ve aone directly upon them and have been Wr ^ ck ^ . ' NVyP htft ^ , ' tiiicier bur peculiar circumstances , could havfe ^ av ed thi ; feind ; fe
ft was ; ^ re were near enough almost to throw a itbh ^ f intb the ^ c / rempst 6 f them as they roared afte r us while we &&te titkitii * i \ $ u \ . . It was pretty well known who hid cbttittfltted thte y f r ^ r fti % ' H $ shi p > course , for • ? had bfcen tipbh i * ecfc hi ^ e ni i ddl e of tji e night in a state of intoxication , and ^ ru ^' arc n u ^ drecfs of lives continually placed in the power of unwdrtby ^ OTft defe ^ ft i s ^ t ) Wcv ^ r , very singular th ^ t Mr Btillock should n& % nieid feti ediiallt riarrow escape of beiiig lost upon the ^ tfie mft ! ffi | f 8 # > ofetd ^ M ' * i ¥ ™ ^ dititih ^ edAt Sacraflcftw . « n lAliind wWifti ] O 4 gS& pfv T & CkW ; of St Jutttl' tTIWtf f } tfee ^ m # ii . bf l ^ Om | : W ^ h ¥ c ^ a Wfe irtfeftodii : ^ ^ Th ^ * ^ eWfcdr
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1836, page 676, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2663/page/24/
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