HE SAVED HIMSELF
.An .old sea captain, well-known for his powers of. exaggeration, was describing a voyage it supper, one night. “While cruising, ,iri' -the Pacific,” said he. “ws nassed an island which was positively led with? lobsters." -r. A ir “But,”- objected - one l of . the ■>" guests, with an. incredulous; smile, "lobsters are not .red until .bojled.’’ "Of -ooiirse not,” replied the’undaunted ' captain, “but this a yplc'anie , island with" boiling springs!" ’ ...
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12021, 26 December 1924, Page 11
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72HE SAVED HIMSELF New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12021, 26 December 1924, Page 11
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