Note Return to text — ‘EX SARDANAPALUS.’
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‘Same ’ere, matey,’ chimed in another. ‘A mouthful o’ salt horse an’ a bite o’ rotten bread for breakfus, ditto for dinner, an’ a soldier’s supper;[Footnote 2] with lime-juice an’ winegar chucked in, according to the Hack,[Footnote 3] ain’t to say fattenin’.’