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The doctor, who had not been able to examine this substance when he saw it on crimson cliffs from Baffin's Bay, here examined it at his ease, and gathered several bottlefuls of it.

From The Voyages and Adventures of Captain Hatteras by Riou, Edouard

To have it the handier, she poured both bottlefuls into an empty demijohn and put the Spoon beside it in the cupboard.

From When Life Was Young At the Old Farm in Maine by Stephens, C. A. (Charles Asbury)