Francis MacDonald Journal * Facsimile and Transcription
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        by trade. {W}e got oatcake every morning
        [and] rice pudding Tuesdays [and] Fridays.
        We had an apple dumpling today.
        The Captain was dividing it, when
5      the Steward said “stand clear of
        the sauce.” The Captain asked
        the reason, [and] was told that the
        steward < cook > had not a pan large
        enough to boil it in [and] that it
10    had been boiled on in the
        coppers among the salt water
        [and] that having burst a little
        water had got in amongst it.
        {H}ad we tasted it we w[oul]d not
15    have been required to be in-
        formed, as it was very salty.
        However we took it mixed
        up with plenty of sugar.
        The vessel, Homeward Bound, has just
20    passed.53 She proved to be a brig,54 [and]
        ours being a barque,55 Crowe would
        not condescend to speak to her. It
        is a point of nautical dignity not
   
   
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