APPENDIX H 



Account of Stores for Sloop Susannah, Capt. Peter Pease, from Martha's 

 Vineyard to the West Indies, Whaling, Nov., 1763.^ 



^This relatively short and primitive list of the articles carried on an early 

 •whaling voyage presents a striking contrast to the elaborate equipment de- 

 scribed in Appendix G. It is interesting, too, from an antiquarian point of 

 view, since it affords a glimpse of the details of American whaling equipment 

 at a time when the radius of activities was still a short one. This particular 

 cruise to the West Indies kept the Susannah away from home for only six 

 months — and no doubt her small crew contrived to exist for that length of time 

 with the articles here listed. For voyages which took a vessel to the north of 

 New England, however, a somewhat different proportion of stores was carried. 

 Rum, for instance, was held to be even more essential in a cold climate than 

 in a warm one. This "Account of Stores" may be found in Banks, C. E., "His- 

 tory of Martha's Vineyard," Vol. I, p. 436. In his researches the author chanced 

 upon the original account-book of the Susannah, and fortunately considered 

 this portion of the material to be worthy of reproduction. 



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