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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



The cooper in a four-boater, if he has made one or more voyages and is a capable ship-keeper, 

 would yej: about I lie Tidth or the 55th lay, but if green, about the 75th. In a two-boater a, compe- 

 tent cooper would yet about the -|.">th lay anil a green one about the (JOth. 



The steward iii a four-boater would get from the 100th to the 150th, aud in a three-boater the 

 30th. 



The cook would receive about the same lay as the seamen, arid, iu addition, a certain percent- 

 aye of the "slush."* 



The boat-steerer or harpooner in a four-boater gets from the 75th to the 90th lay. If he is a 

 "crack" man, and has "struck everything and never missed his chance," he would receive the 

 75th, if green about the 80th or 90th. In a three-boater a skillful harpoouer would get about the 

 (Mth lay, and one less skillful the 75th. 



The fourth mate yets ah nit the GOth or C5th lay. 



The third mate in a four-boater gets from the 45th to the fiOtli lay ; in a three-boater, from the 

 :;sth to the 45th. 



The second mate in a four-boater gets from the 30th to the 40th ; in a three-boater, from the 

 L'.sth to the :!5tli. 



The mate iu a four-boa-ter gets from the 20th to the 25th ; in a three-boater, from the 18th to 

 the l!3d. 



The master gets in a four-boater from the 12th to the 17th and in a three-boater from the loth 

 to the 16th. 



The men sailing from Provincetown receive shorter lays than the New Bedford whalemen. 

 The vessels of the former port are of a smaller class, and instead of making extended cruises to 

 distant points in the Pacific Ocean aud the Arctic regions, make short voyages in the Atlantic, 

 and consequently their outfits are not so expensive as those of the ships and barks of New Bed- 

 ford, aud the owners can afford to offer greater inducements to the crews. t Capt. N. E. Atwood, 

 of Provincetown, kindly furnishes the accompanying data concerning the lays at this port. 



The following is a sample of the lays paid by the owners to the officers and crews sailing from 

 Provincetown in issii: 



Y.trioux l<inds nf grease saved during the voyage in the galley. A sperm whaler will bring borne perhaps four 

 or five barrels of "slush," which tire suld to snap manufacturers. 



t The rrovliiretmvn vessels do not, however, bring in such largo and valuable cargoes, but their trips are more 

 frequent. 



