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Word: afuera (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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February 15. We are about 300 miles from Mas Afuera and have taken out our last morsel of food, which consists of only two cakes of common ship bread to each one in equal share. Death seems truly to be hovering over us, but upon a consultation we agreed that let whatever would come, we would never draw lots after our food had quite gone for each other's death, but leave all with God. We consented, however, at this time, in case one should die first the others could if they thought proper subsist upon our remains...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: In Nantucket: Moby Dick Revisited | 6/29/1981 | See Source »

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