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'Swinging in my hammock, it’s hard to get to sleep. Beside my head the sea bounces between hull and wharf – a hollow liquid sound, repetitive scrape and gollop. The rhythm hauls up lines from a sea shanty:
'Oh the anchor’s onboard and the sails are unfurled
We’re bound for to take her halfway round the world.' (Introduction)
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