Not P but Moby-Dick (40)

[Ian Livingston]

A mat of woven grasses, or, sometimes simply a couple of armloads of hay
thrown into the hammock, which passed as a bed for many sailors. The
hammocks are suspended in rows from timbers in the below decks. Woven grass
is a pretty good insulator as a mattress.

On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 2:40 AM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> All I can find is this. From a book on making paper:
>
> FOUND INSIDE – PAGE 156
> ... grass mat and its wet sheet are then lifted off the frame with a
> rolling movement and deposited on a board , once ... swinging the mould .
> The laid cover is secured between two wooden frames , and when forming is
> complete the two halves ...
>
> On Wed, Nov 8, 2023 at 5:24 AM Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > From Chapter 54:
> >
> > “Lakeman!—Buffalo! Pray, what is a Lakeman, and where is Buffalo? ” said
> > Don Sebastian, rising in his swinging mat of grass.
> >
> > What is this "swinging mat of grass" exactly? Is it a mat made of grass?
> > Then how is it swinging?
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