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The Lieutenant and Commander

CHAPTER XIII
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Sailors' pets--Purchasing a monkey--Jacko's attractions--Gets monkey's allowance--Jacko and the marines--Jacko's revenge--Jacko turns on his friend--Spills the grog--Is pursued, but is pardoned--Condemned to die--Commuted to teeth-drawing--Surgeon's assistant appealed to--He can't bite--The travelled monkey--Trick on the marines--Its consequences--A potent dose--Its operations--Jack's superstitions--The grunter pet--Jean's advocate--Her good qualities--Jean's obesity, and its attractions--Her death and burial--Well ballasted.


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