... seats. You are welcome here, mates," said the caterer as they entered. "We shall have food on the table in a jiffy. There's cold beef, and salt pork, and soft tack, and here is some honest Jamaica rum. Not a bad exchange for the Frenchman's wish-wash claret, I suspect." ... — Ronald Morton, or the Fire Ships - A Story of the Last Naval War • W.H.G. Kingston
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