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part of the time and seemed to be amused
at what was going on and I saw him stop to look
and speak to No1. as we called him, the Chief Mate,
but all the officers took good care to keep out of
the reach of the water that was flying about in all
directions, in the neighborhood of the waist of the ship.
They probably enjoyed the sport as intensely as
anyone in their youthful sailorhood.

In trying to get away after his exit from the sail
of water one man had broken his toe and was long lame
in consequence but that was an accident, no real suffering
can result from the water alone which is dashed
about, any old dress is worn for the occasion
and the water is warm enough although not very clean,
it takes some time however to free the hair from the
grease and filth. Some Maltese sailors that we had on
board and not standing in very high favours with their
shipmates, suffered severely, as I saw the marks of the
razor on their chin for long afterwards, and one was
in the sick list in consequence for sometime.

Some people have expressed their disbelief that
our noble and manly "hearts of oak" which our sailors
are supposed to be made of (the ships are made of Iron now) would carry their
sports and amusements to such an extent, but I have
given as an exact account of the ceremony as it was
possible for a person in my position to get at, and
there are plenty of my shipmates still alive that
can vouch for its correctness, one smart little
fellow who was on that voyage captain of the mizen
top, was afterwards long master of a fine Smack
sailing out of Yarmouth harbour, and whose name
was Womack. We had fine and good men on board
real sailors, and I know entitled to be called

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