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Name at least 2 ship rations that a captain of a 17th century vessel would carry and how many pounds were aboard.
Possible answers: 8,000 pounds of salt beef, 2,800 pounds of salted pork, 600 pounds of salt cod, beef tongues, 15,000 brow biscuits, 5,000 white biscuits, 30 bushels of oatmeal, 40 bushels of peas, 1 barrel of salt, flour, 11 small caskets of butter and 1 small casket of vinegar.