End of ADS-L Digest - 15 Jan 1996 to 16 Jan 1996

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There are 14 messages totalling 275 lines in this issue.



Topics of the day:



 1. Another piggin reference

 2. Theatre/ -er

 3. Grants available to travel overseas

 4. Apology/Thanks (2nd attempt)

 5. A Query (4)

 6. Denny's question reformulated (4)

 7. Piggin (Bucket)

 8. Flaming



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Date:  Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:02:22 -0700

From:  Rudy Troike <RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU>

Subject: Another piggin reference



A colleague of mine, Carl Berkhout, shared the following reference:



Rudy:



I trust that Moby-Dick and about five other texts also turned up in the

search.



> Chapter lxi

>

> STUBB KILLS A WHALE

>

>  Partly to show the indispensableness of this act, it may here be

>  stated, that, in the old Dutch fishery, a mop was used to dash the

>  running line with water; in many other ships, a wooden piggin, or

>  bailer, is set apart for that purpose. Your hat, however, is the most

>  convenient.