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them, and may retain them till payment of salvage. In this, however, the maritime law differs from the Common Law. No doctrine similar to 'salvage' applies to things lost upon land, nor to anything except ships or goods … allowed by all modern maritime states; the person who saves goods from loss or imminent peril has a lien upon them, and may retain them till payment of salvage. In this, however, the maritime law differs from