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The Ship's Log

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SCRAPING THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL

At the bottom of a barrel we find the least desirable of anything - the dregs. Aboard ships of old, the worst of brined beef and stale drinking water was at the bottom of a barrel, after a long time at sea.