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> They decided Nelson couldn't be dumped overboard so they shoved his
> body in a barrel of rum to preserve it on the trip back to the UK.

Wonder if the seamen got portions of
'Nelson grog' on the trip back. ;-[]

I've heard of dead people being packed in a barrel of salt
to preserve until they got home. arrghh.
Best to bury at sea, imo.
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