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Outward Bound

CHAPTER IX
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First Part of the Starboard Watch off Duty.
_Breakfast._ Port Watch, 7-1/2 o'clock.

Starboard Watch, 8 o'clock.
_Dinner._ Starboard Watch, 11-1/2 o'clock.

Port Watch, 12 o'clock.
_Supper._ Starboard Watch, 5-1/2 o'clock.

Port Watch, 6 o'clock.
The watch bill for the second day was the same, with the exception of the names of the watches and quarter watches.

The entire programme was reversed by the operation of the dog watches, which substituted "port" for "starboard," and "starboard" for "port," in the next day's routine.
When the boys were permitted to go below, they rushed to the watch bills, and studied them faithfully, till they fully understood the programme.


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