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August: Under false colours
Once more Johan af Puke was patrolling the Baltic sea, but this time in the south of the Baltic sea. The Vice Admiral Nordenskjöld had ordered him to cruise an area very close to Denmark. Their position was south of Langeland heading east. Johan could see land far to the north. He was standing in shirt sleeves on the poop deck feeling the warm wind caressing him. He took out his tobacco box, felt his pockets for his forgotten tinderbox and started packing his long chalk pipe. While working on his pipe he ordered fire to be fetched. Lighting it he drew long draws looking at the beautiful sky starting to turn orange in the late afternoon. Johan felt completely at peace. The sound of the look out yelling "Skepp i sikte!" pulled him back.
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