Naval rite of passage, Dogfish Bark: Johnny is sent on deck to listen for the bark of a dogfish, only to be soaked by buckets of water from sailors in the rigging. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by W. Read after an illustration by Thomas Rowlandson from Alfred Burton's The Adventures of Johnny Newcombe in the Navy, Simpkin, London, 1818.

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