'In Invisible Horizons, a book of sea tales, Vincent Gaddis cites an even more grisly example of a floating morgue. In the summer of 1913 the British ship Johnson caught sight of a sailing vessel drifting off the coast of Chile. As they drew near, they could see that the masts and sails were covered with green mould. On the prow, faded with the
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