
Episode 521: The Tragedy of the Essex Part II - A Belly Full of Blood
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What's the Point of a Smoking Cigarette?
Each sailor went through 70 pounds of tobacco during each two year voyage. The constant spray of salt water caused sores to develop over every piece of exposed skin. First mate Owen Chase continued keeping a ship's log, which is why his later account of the ill-fated voyage was so vivid.
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