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““Spanish ship off the port bow!” yells the crowsnest.”
““Correction, FIVE Spanish Ships off the port bow” yells the crowsnest.”
“I saw that she was a bark; then I saw that her crowsnest was occupied by a lookout.”
“We outran the bad weather before we crossed the line and then the lookout went to the masthead and from that time on, as long as I was with the Scarboro, the crowsnest was never empty by day.”
“It began much as other busy days had begun for us of the Scarboro, since we got upon the whaling grounds; the fires under the trying-out kettles were scarcely quenched when, just at daybreak, came the hail of the man in the crowsnest:”
“The man in the crowsnest suddenly hailed the deck, when Mr. Gibson was in charge:”
“Only one manner of craft would have a man in the crowsnest on a clear day like this.”
“We here devs have gone a fastin 'on the wenches and hard liquors of late - and are proud to announce from the tip o' every crowsnest ...”
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