"Since writing this letter nothing has occurred except the Equator & being shaved.- This most disagreeable operation consists of having your face rubbed with paint & tar, which forms a lather for a saw which represents the razor & then being half drowned in a sail filled with salt water" -Charles Darwin, letter to father, 1 March 1832
It is customary to haze sailors that cross the Equator for the first time. Usually this consist of a visit from King Neptune then some sort of mild torture for the inductees.
"Since writing this letter nothing has occurred except the Equator & being shaved.- This most disagreeable operation consists of having your face rubbed with paint & tar, which forms a lather for a saw which represents the razor & then being half drowned in a sail filled with salt water" -Charles Darwin, letter to father, 1 March 1832
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