. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. Holloway, St. Johns. Nfld. A Baby Seal. Holloway, St. Johns, Mid. Removing Fat from Sculp IN THE WHALER AURORA 59 CHAPTER V THE LABRADOR SEALING Now, Brothers, for the icebergs of frozen LabradorFloating spectral in the moonshine, along the low black shore!When the mist the rock is hiding and the sharp reef lurks belowAnd the white squall smites in summer, and the autumn tempests blow. The work of discharging our cargo began atonce — first the sculps on deck, then those in thetween-decks and then those in the tanks. There-after the ship was given
. A voyage to the arctic in the whaler Aurora. Holloway, St. Johns. Nfld. A Baby Seal. Holloway, St. Johns, Mid. Removing Fat from Sculp IN THE WHALER AURORA 59 CHAPTER V THE LABRADOR SEALING Now, Brothers, for the icebergs of frozen LabradorFloating spectral in the moonshine, along the low black shore!When the mist the rock is hiding and the sharp reef lurks belowAnd the white squall smites in summer, and the autumn tempests blow. The work of discharging our cargo began atonce — first the sculps on deck, then those in thetween-decks and then those in the tanks. There-after the ship was given a rough cleaning; newberths were erected in the tween-decks andquarter-hatch but not so many as before. Thebunkers and tanks were coaled and then we castabout for a crew. All the seals taken on thissecond cruise would have to be shot, so we did notexpect to bring back very many; but the Aurorahad her own Scotch crew under pay, and they hadto be fed, so she might as well be at sea picking upa few seals as lying in the harbor waiting forMay 1st. It was not so very easy finding a cr
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