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Appendix B. Dashing Wave Bill of Fare Philip Hichborn provided this bill of fare and “Remarks” at the end of the original manuscript. See Glossary of Nautical and Slang Terms for definitions of food items. Monday: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: water and dandy-funk night: tea and salt beef Tuesday: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: water and baked beans night: tea and salt pork Wednesday: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: rice and molasses night: tea and salt beef Thursday: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: water, beef, and duff night: tea and beef Friday: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: beef and baked rice night: beef and tea 95 96 Appendix B. Dashing Wave Bill of Fare Saturday [omitted in journal, likely the following]: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: water and some kind of meat night: tea and beef Sunday: morning: coffee and cracker hash noon: water, beef, and duff night: tea and beef Remarks: Occasionally we will have what is called a“tropical soup”: the old soup cans that the preserved meats come in are boiled over in three or four buckets of water,this is set on for dessert; and sometimes of a morning , instead of cracker hash we will have mush and molasses, &c., &c. ...

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