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These stories and sketches originally appeared in The Daily Telegraph.No further preface to them is needed than this statement; for the titleunder which they are collected will fitly express their character, ifthe reader can imagine himself one of an audience, in a cold Dog Watch,listening to the yarns of a man who has planted himself in the galley,where he delivers his memories and notions to the little company whohave gathered round to listen.{5}{4}

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