Outing . s of flour, 4,000pounds of ship bread, 70 barrels of saltbeef and pork, 100 pounds of salt codfish,400 bushels of potatoes, 1,000 pounds ofsugar, 300 gallons of molasses, 1,000pounds of coffee, 150 pounds of tea, 1,000or more cans of meat, vegetables, fruit,etc., besides small groceries. The men are paid a percentage or* lay, the lay being long or short,according to the ability or position of theman. The captain gets the shortest lay, which varies from one-eighth of the touched the water. Each boat has 200fathoms of line coiled in tubs, which isused with the harpoon. Then, as emer-gen
Outing . s of flour, 4,000pounds of ship bread, 70 barrels of saltbeef and pork, 100 pounds of salt codfish,400 bushels of potatoes, 1,000 pounds ofsugar, 300 gallons of molasses, 1,000pounds of coffee, 150 pounds of tea, 1,000or more cans of meat, vegetables, fruit,etc., besides small groceries. The men are paid a percentage or* lay, the lay being long or short,according to the ability or position of theman. The captain gets the shortest lay, which varies from one-eighth of the touched the water. Each boat has 200fathoms of line coiled in tubs, which isused with the harpoon. Then, as emer-gency articles, there is a keg of freshwater, a keg of bread, a lantern, and an axeto chop the line in case the whale threat-ens to swamp the boat. Whale ships are naturally oily, thoughthey are thoroughly scrubbed with lyeafter the whaling is over. This oilinesshas saved many a whaler from wreck. Agood illustration of this is the experi-ence of Capt. Edward Penniman whenhe was master of the Minerva. His was. WASHING WHALEBONE. total value of the voyage to a come the officers and the men, thelays growing longer down the list un-til the steerage boy is reached, and heis fortunate if he gets a ship has five whaleboats, and theseboats are in charge of the officers and theboat headers, the captain always being inthe crows nest to direct the boats by acode of signals. While the boat header—for each officer boat header—man-ages and steers the boat, the boat steereruses the harpoon, and frequently also theshoulder gun. Boats always sail down tothe whale. To use a paddle, or an oar,would frighten the whale the instant it one of the last ships to leave the Arctic,having fallen in with many whales. Whenhe had the blubber of several on board,he headed out, keeping the try worksrunning. Soon a severe gale came on ;the blubber all shifted to one side, givingthe ship a bad list, and making her un-manageable ; the weather was too thickto see anything, a
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