Treasure Island

Treasure Island

What is meant by the lines " I been in places hot as pitch,and mates dropping round with Yellow Jack, and the blessed land a-heaving like the sea with earthquakes

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The Captain wants some rum. He is sick in his room and asks Jim for some rum. Jim begins to tell him that the doctor forbid him any more rum. The captain interrupts that doctors no nothing of seafaring men like him. The captain goes on to list the dangerous places and experiences he has been in on the high seas.

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