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back to avoid each "ninth wave," which would 

 wet him to his knees. However, in that warm, 

 sunny clime the involuntary bath did him no 

 harm, and he had his compensation in a basket 

 of fine pompano, which were duly planked for 

 dinner and eaten, bones and all, — for their bones 

 are very soft and semi-cartilaginous. The head 

 of a broiled or planked pompano is a bomie- 

 bouche that once eaten will ever be held in 

 grateful and gratified remembrance. 



