No Fishin'

A few days later, someone, probably one of the CONTRABANDS, dropped off a barrel of whiskey. We wanted to return it but after attending our OFFICER'S MESS and having no liquor given to us, we just enjoyed ourselves. It'd been a long time since The Bowery and we were very thirsty. Some of us woke up with a surprise - some of us were Dead. Seems they got so drunk they went into the swamp which the CONTRABANDS told us not to go near. We were able to see a few souls being dragged off by the swamp hours before dawn. We decided to listen to the CONTRABANDS from then on. They knew the territory, having been born in it.

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