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Quarantine tricks and sea lore in a bustling harbor tale
Sailors mock strict quarantine as mate Patten shouts a string of gibberish through a trumpet to a Jersey captain asking about New York and quarantine while the crew stays aboard in New York harbor quarantine. The scene mixes humor with maritime life and a digression on shipboard restrictions.
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Boston Journal
Martingale
Stater Island
New York Harbor
Diomede
South America
New York
Patten
Marblehead
New Jersey
Rackshal
Gorbede
Ding Ma Dong Mexas Gincera Tuldar
Sidlong Talaor
Jersey
Pitten
Shrewsbury
Rovaxen
Jackson Zerre
Natches Courier
Dudge Dodly
Mississippi River
Mississippi
New York Evening Signal
United States
New York Herald
London
Desrauetion
New Onceans
Mississippiy
Missouri
New Orleans
Gulf of Mexico
Congress
Congress of Nations
All Nations
Pacer
Atul
National Congress
New York Star
St. Domingo
Ron
Lrance
Assassin
Tie
Phus
Sue W
Dausiter
Earapot