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the hencoop with a Lantern ; where he saw a fowl 

 lying on its side. He took it out and placed it on 

 the capstan ; and there, in the sight of the wliole 

 company, was beheld a poor hen dying of the crouj), 

 occasionally emitting a sound " ee-a-aw," which re- 

 sembled the words "Ship ahoy!" coining frum a 

 distance, as closely as any hail that was ever heard.* 



* Naut. Mag, 1842, p. 409. 





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