Page 203 - The Pirate Coast (By Sir Charles Belgrave)

men could sleep in their beds, and the people lay down where
they could find themselves most cool. I dressed in a thin white
jacket and a pair of trousers, and lay on the deck of my cabin, for
anything which was soft for one’s bones, had such accumulated
heat as to be unbearable. The wind was as if it had passed through
an oven, causing inordinate thirst, and as the crew were on an
allowance of water, it created a most uncomfortable situation.’

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