THE MACKEREL FISHERY 275 



a berth, attractive, roomy and well-ventilated. Closets are 

 furnished for drying wet oil-clothes. The cook is the 

 second best man aboard the schooner and has a culinary 

 department and larder furnished and supplied in a man- 

 ner corresponding to the general outfit of the vessel and 

 the demands of hungry men. 



