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A SPECIMEN OF NAUTICAL ORATORY -- CRITICISMS OF THE SAILORS -- THE STARBOARD WATCH ARE GIVEN A HOLIDAY -- THE ESCAPE TO THE MOUNTAINS
Early the next morning the starboard watch were mustered upon the quarter-deck, and our worthy captain, standing in the cabin gangway, harangued us as follows: --