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But this was very far North, be it remembered, where beer agrees well with the constitution; 请记住，这是极北的地区，在那里，啤酒很适宜他们的体质； upon the Equator, in our southern fishery, beer would be apt to make the ha

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I have it, I have it, cried Stubb, with delight, striking something in the subterranean regions, a purse! a purse! 我搞到了我搞到了斯塔布喜形于色地说道，同时在那底里戳一样东西，一只荷包，一只荷包！ Dropping hi

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