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Fred and Scott emerged on what turned out to be the poop deck of a sailing
vessel. Fortunately Scott was not sufficiently familiar with marine
terminology to make the obvious comment. There was some activity down on the
main deck, and when Fred walked over to look, he was surprised to see
several men with painted skin and strange attire making themselves busy
unloading the ship. The cargo seemed to consist of bales of dried leaves,
and when one of them passed right below him he noticed an exotic aroma.
But something was wrong. The ship was lying with the port side to the quay, as things were meant to be, but the painted men were throwing the leaf bales over the other side. Fred thought for a moment that they were unloading them onto smaller vessels, but the splashing noises left little doubt about the fate of the cargo. "Boston," Scott muttered as he too stood taking in the strange sight. "Oh come on!" Fred exclaimed. "Your boss may be a heavyweighter, but I doubt that he weighs a ton." Scott stared uncredulously at his companion. "What have you been smoking?" he asked.
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