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a lapse of twelve hours, but the fourth, getting separated 

 from the rest, made the run to the Barbados in nine days, 

 the mate and nine seamen subsisting that time on 5 gal- 

 lons of water and a little ship's bread. 



The Kathleen was a total loss. As for the whale, Cap- 

 tain Jenkins can only hope that the barky's keel killed 

 as many of him as he did of her. 



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