The Life And Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner

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Tim Flannery. The Life And Adventures of John Nicol, Mariner

Contents

Introduction

A Most Interesting Character

Preface

SERVICE OF JOHN NICOL

Index

Copyright

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Introduction by Tim Flannery

A Most Interesting Character by John Howell

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Almost every man on board took a native woman for a wife while the vessel remained … The fattest woman I ever saw in my life our gunner chose for a wife. We were forced to hoist her on board. Her thighs were as thick as my waist. No hammock in the ship would hold her. Many jokes were cracked upon the pair.

He also records the wonderful facility of the Hawaiians to parody the Europeans:

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