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navigation should be the task of seasoned sailors only.
ukuqhuba inqanawe kufuneka ibe ngumsebenzi womntu enamava.

the stocks of seasoned timber at pembroke having been insufficient.
ubukho bokhuni lwamaxesha athile epembroke babungonelanga.

salt is good: but if the salt have lost his savour, wherewith shall it be seasoned?
ilungile ityuwa; ke ukuba ityuwa ithe ayaba nasongo, yothiwani na ukuvakaliswa?

let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.
ukuthetha kwenu makuhlale kumnandi, kuvakalisiwe ngetyuwa, ukuze nazi ukuba nimelwe kukuthini na ukuphendula bonke ngabanye.

of course, it is a "field day for the neptune party and old shellbacks," because as harry lydenburg writes: "what is more natural than that on later voyages the seasoned
kakade, oku "kulusuku lwasebaleni ukwenzela itheko lesithixo solwandle kunye namaqokobhe akudala angasemva", ngenxa yokuba ngokuka harry lydenburg: "okusendalweni ngaphezulu koko kuhambo ngenqanawa lwamva kulungiselela ngokwamaxesha