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As late as 1868 we were station-mates with one such, the Rodney, of 90 guns, then the flag-ship of the British China squadron; and we had already met, another, the Princess Royal, at the Cape of Good Hope, homeward bound. She, however, had been built as a steamer.
"Thorogood, surely! Come in, old lad. What are you doing aboard the lugger D'you know Standish?" The new-comer nodded a greeting, acknowledging the introduction. "Station-mates in the East Indies, weren't we?" said Standish. "That's right," replied the other. "I remember you: we were both in camp together way back in the 'Naughty Naughts. We used to call you the India-rubber Man Bunje for short."
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