Vulgar words in A Narrative of the Mutiny, on Board the Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824 - And the journal of a residence of two years on the Mulgrave - Islands; with observations on the manners and customs of - the inhabitants (Page 1)
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When his time at the helm had expired he took the _rattle_, (an instrument used by whalemen, to announce the expiration of the hour, the watch, &c.) and began to shake it, when Comstock came to him, and in the most peremptory manner, ordered him to desist, saying "if you make the least damn bit of noise I'll send you to hell!"