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Night Watches

1 passage in the novel carry this mark, in the order they appear.

Nevertheless, many whalemen have a method of absorbing it into some other substance, and then partaking of it. In the long try watches of the night it is a common thing for the seamen to dip their ship-biscuit into the huge oil-pots and let them fry there awhile. Many a good supper have I thus made.

Chapter 65, The Whale as a Dish · verse 7

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