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in his cap ; pipes, tobacco, string, fishing-hooks, and 

 bait, are all accommodated there, perhaps because he 

 rarely indulges in trousers-pockets. A man-of-war's- 

 man has no pockets at all, and disposes of what 

 surplus property he cannot carry in his cap, inside the 

 loose front of his sailor's shirt, a habit which sticks 

 to him after he leaves the service. " And do you ever 

 put a lobster in your cap ? " we inquired. " No, sir," 

 he replied ; " if I haven't anywheres else, I puts 'em 

 in my buzzum." 



