. The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen .. . argestationary casks which constitute the bottom tier in the holdof the ship. When whales are plenty, which is the harvesttime with whalemen, they usually stow away one hundredbarrels of oil in twenty-four hours. At such times as these,the fires in the try works never go out. If whales wereabundant, whalemen would fill a ship carrying three thousandbarrels in less than two months. CHAPTER VI. Outfitting and Infitting. — Runners. — Remedy. — Articles of Clothing. —Whaling Busines
. The Arctic whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean: being a narrative of the wreck of the whale ship Citizen .. . argestationary casks which constitute the bottom tier in the holdof the ship. When whales are plenty, which is the harvesttime with whalemen, they usually stow away one hundredbarrels of oil in twenty-four hours. At such times as these,the fires in the try works never go out. If whales wereabundant, whalemen would fill a ship carrying three thousandbarrels in less than two months. CHAPTER VI. Outfitting and Infitting. — Runners. — Remedy. — Articles of Clothing. —Whaling Business. — Promotion. — Whale Killing. — Dangers. — GeneralSuccess of the Enterprise. In connection with the enterprise of whaling, a system ofoutfitting and infitting, as they are termed in common parlance,has sprung up, become established, and which is now closelyidentified and associated with it. This system, from its noveland somewhat singular operation, is like the vine, which en-twines itself around the huge and gigantic oak, and thus itgrows and expands according to the height and dimensions of. HISTORY AND DETAILS OP WHALING. 279 its support. Such is the outfitting and infitting business in itsrelations to whaling. There are many establishments of this sort, in those placeswhere whaling is carried on, whose principal business is to fitout recruits for whale ships. Hundreds, and perhaps thou-sands, of young men from the country, who have a desire to goto sea, and particularly whaling, naturally direct their stepsto seaport places. There are others, also, who compose thefloating, shifting, and in many cases the vicious class of youngmen, such as are found in all our large cities and prominentseaport towns ; these, as a last resort, and in keeping withtheir roving and roaming habits, enlist in the whaling , too, are generally poor, wanderers it may be from goodhomes, becoming associated with bad company, and having noparticular means of helping themse
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