"I was thinking that maybe the biscuit would just mix with the water.

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He points out that in the 1798 edition of The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, biscuit worms had gotten into the hard-tack, so naturally, he says, "The particular kind of albatross that the mariner shot, I am told, makes a very tolerable broth."

他说在1798年版的《老水手之歌》,给信天翁的食物已然腐烂，所以他自然的认为，“水手们,杀死的信天翁，做成的汤味道不错“

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But when the fishes are in the water they just see that the biscuit is coming and immediately it gets into the water and they too will come and take it off."

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