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odd shapes, unlike what I had been accustomed to 

 seeing on table, and the flesh insisted upon looking 

 more like gobs than the ordinary pieces. Still, Pat 

 rick was strong, and he pulled as I cut, and between 

 us something was sure to give way, and I succeeded 

 in separating the joints, and reducing him to a shape 



that would go into the barrel, the abundant fat that 

 I encountered in the process promising well for the 

 quality of the future salt pork that he was to make. 



