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Issue Details: First known date: 1872... 1872 Our Cook's Revenge
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In 1843 on the ship Hunter between Smyrna and Gibraltar, under an American captain, an African cook takes his revenge for being knocked down by the captain in the concoction of arsenic soup. Rough, serviceable tale. (PB)

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    y separately published work icon The Australian Journal vol. 7 no. 80 January 1872 Z1053654 1872 periodical issue 1872 pg. 291-292
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