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RAG.782.037
31 Dec 1782:13 (8/543)
Peculiar Customs at Nantucket. (From the Letters from an
American Farmer, by J. Hector St. John, just published.)
. . . mean while the young fellows. equally vigilant, easily
find out which is the most convenient house; and there they
assemble with the girls of the neighbourhood. Instead of
cards, musical instruments, or songs, they relate stories of
their whaling voyages.
. . . [15 lines describing the young people's gathering] As
inebriation is unknown, and music, singing, and dancing, are
held in equal detestation, they never could fill all the
vacant hours of their lives without the repast of the table.
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