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of legs addicted to a certain desire to bite were having a game at hide & seek
round him Of course they made complaints & the result was this general turn out
& a wash down below & the fellow & those who slept close to him had to
scrub their bunks out which I think pretty well took them off I was up
at the far end nearest to the hatchway so was pretty clear of them I was extremely glad that we had to clear out for it sweetened our cabin nicely & if another turn out is enforced I shall be very glad Having got mine up pretty early I took possession of the jiboom which being about 8 feet from the deck my traps got a nice breeze It put
one in mind of a large auction sail of a drapery store for almost every hole & corner from the bows