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Brooks emerged from his conscientious objection
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to share in the gruesome bounty.
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For four days, the three of them
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fed on the body and blood of the cabin boy.
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True story. And then they were rescued.
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Dudley describes their rescue in his diary with staggering euphemism.
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Quote "On the 24th day, as we were having our breakfast,
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a ship appeared at last."
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The three survivors were picked up by a German ship.
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They were taken back to Falmouth in England
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where they were arrested and tried.
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Brooks turned state's witness. Dudley and Stevens went to trial.