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Across the Atlantic A Muleteer Boy Describes Navy Ship Life
An American youth recounts months aboard a British government ship as a muleteer. Lice, heat, hunger, and claustrophobic holds dominate life while near Cape Town and Port Elizabeth. Tensions rise as mutiny rumors, trials, and garrison discipline unfold.
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J. Q. Warre
New Orleans
St. Louis
U.S
Uncle Sam
Cape
Cape Town
Table Bay
Table Mountain
Port Elizabeth
Sargent
Corporal
Indian Ocean
Durbin
Port Natal