men in the rigging

navel,
Small tagnuts trapped in the hairs of sailers` arses.

'Six months since leaving Tahiti and no sign of land. We ate the last of the breadfruit weeks ago. Water and toilet paper strictly rationed. Crew growing restless, complaining of scrofulo,scurvy and men in the rigging, Lord help us. `(from 'The Diary of Fletcher Christian',1789.

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