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`` That 's the why and wherefore of it , '' added Bulger . `` Cooks call it salt beef , same as French mounseers do n't like the sound of taters an ' calls 'em pummy detair ; but we calls it Irish horse , which we know the flavor . Accordingly , notwithstandin ' an ' for that reason , if you axe the advice of an old salt , never you go to sea , matey . '' `` That 's unfortunate , '' said Desmond , with a smile , `` because I expect to sail next Wednesday morning , high tide at five o'clock . '' `` Binks and barnacles ! Be you a-goin ' to sail with us ? '' `` I hope so . ''