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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 bonne- 

 bouche that once eaten will ever be held in 

 grateful and gratified remembrance. 



