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           SoIsetmyfaceagainsttheseatrip.Not,asIexplained,uponmyownaccount.Iwasneverqueer. ButIwasafraidforGeorge.Georgesaidheshouldbeallright,andwouldratherlikeit,buthewouldadviseHarrisandmenottothinkofit,ashefeltsureweshouldbothbeill. Harrissaidthat,tohimself,itwasalwaysamysteryhowpeoplemanagedtogetsickatsea—saidhethoughtpeoplemustdoitonpurpose,fromaffectation—saidhehadoftenwishedtobe,buthadneverbeenable. 

           ThenhetoldusanecdotesofhowhehadgoneacrosstheChannelwhenitwassoroughthatthepassengershadtobetiedintotheirberths,andheandthecaptainweretheonlytwolivingsoulsonboardwhowerenotill. Sometimesitwasheandthesecondmatewhowerenotill;butitwasgenerallyheandoneotherman.Ifnotheandanotherman,thenitwashebyhimself. 

           Itisacuriousfact,butnobodyeverissea-sick—onland.Atsea,youcomeacrossplentyofpeopleverybadindeed,wholeboat-loadsofthem;butInevermetamanyet,onland,whohadeverknownatallwhatitwastobesea-sick. Wherethethousandsuponthousandsofbadsailorsthatswarmineveryshiphidethemselveswhentheyareonlandisamystery. 

           IfmostmenwerelikeafellowIsawontheYarmouthboatoneday,Icouldaccountfortheseemingenigmaeasilyenough.ItwasjustoffSouthendPier,Irecollect,andhewasleaningoutthroughoneoftheport-holesinaverydangerousposition.Iwentuptohimtotryandsavehim. 

           "Hi!comefurtherin,"Isaid,shakinghimbytheshoulder."You’llbeoverboard." 

           "Ohmy!IwishIwas,"wastheonlyanswerIcouldget;andthereIhadtoleavehim.