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glided so into one another. The whole clothing
was arranged so as to give him an air-bath:
there were draught holes on all sides and ends;
a yellow linen clout fastened to the nethermost
regions seemed as if it were to signify a shirt.
A very large straw hat, that had certainly been
driven over several times, was stuck sideways
on his head, and allowed the boy’s wiry, flaxen
hair to grow freely through the opening where
the crown should have been: the naked brown
shoulder and upper part of the arm, which was
just as brown, were the prettiest of the whole.
The other boy had only a pair of trowsers on.
They were also ragged, but the rags were bound
fast into the poekets with packthread; one
string round the ancles, one under the knee,
and another round about the waist. He, however,
kept together what he had, and that is always
respectable.
"Be off!" shouted the Captain, from the
vessel; and the boy with the tied-up rags turned
round, and we – yes, we saw nothing but
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