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ship's company chuckled when the cooper and the flour 
cask was mentioned. The crew particularly requested 
me to make a drawing of this subject, and I have 
done so. 1 
I spent the afternoon of this somewhat eventful day 
listening to the three mighty men of the Bakena, Jock- 
Harvey, Mason, and Marshall, the men Mr. Leigh Smith 
had with hkn on the Eira. They are a wonderful trio 
when they get together, and tell of their experiences. 
Harvey perhaps starts a story, then Mason joins in, and 
Marshall winds it up. Their yarns about the winter in 
Franz-Joseph Land and their voyage of forty days in the 
open boats always fetches their audience; but they vary 
these adventures with a run down south, with tales of 
China, Calcutta, and Frisco that would make some people's 
1 I regret extremely that this drawing has been destroyed by salt water. 
Alas that the engraver should be cheated of his prey by a green sea | 
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