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Our captain stood on his quarter-deck,

And a fine little man was he!

"Overhaul, overhaul, on your davit tackle fall,

And launch your boats to the sea,

Brave boys! And launch your boats to the sea"

--The Whale

A slowing, tug, tooting fussy and staccato blasts which Captain Wass

translated into commands to hold up, intercepted the Nequasset in

Ha In a suit of natty gray,

he loo's pilot-house He

cursed roundly when he toilsohter's

deck, for the rusty sheathing s a little better than I promised you, captain," he stated when

he arrived finally in the presence of the master "I said Philadelphia

But here I a," returned Captain Wass, exhibiting no special

delight

"And I'er of this line As it seeh that thick nut of yours, I'll ask you to glance at