Quotation from: Elsinore

Written by: Jack London

Already the sailors show marks of the hardship they are enduring. It
is surprising, in so short a time, how lean their faces have grown,
how lined and seamed. They must dry their underclothing with their
body heat. Their outer garments, under their oilskins, are soggy.
And yet, paradoxically, despite their lean, drawn faces, they have
grown very stout. Their walk is a waddle, and they bulge with
seaming corpulency. This is due to the amount of clothing they have
on. I noticed Larry, to-day, had on two vests, two coats, and an
overcoat, with his oilskin outside of that. They are elephantine in
their gait for, in addition to everything else, they have wrapped
their feet, outside their sea-boots, with gunny sacking.