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"The pay is small enough," said Captain Kettle, staring at the blue paper. "It's a bit hard for a man of my age and experience to come down to a job like piloting, on eight pound a month and my grub."
Language: English
Published in: 1898
Word count: 91,245 words (≈ about 6 hours)
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Copyright: This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+50 or in the USA (published before 1923).
Sailors, pirates, nautical adventures and strange sea creatures: a list of stories from the sea.