APPENDIX B 



Desertions, Discharges, and Deaths in Relation to the Size of Whaling Crews ^ 



Table I 



Desertions, Discharges, and Deaths, In Comparison With the Size of the 



Original Crews, for Fifteen Whaling Voyages Made by Eight Different 



Vessels During the Years 1 843-1 862 



Totals 489 143 166 16 



(29.2%) (33-9%) (3-3%) 



1 The figures for both tables included in this appendix were obtained through 

 an examination of the original manuscript account-books for the voyages listed. 

 It will be noted that the third voyage of the Montreal and the fourth voyage of 

 the James Maury are given in both tables. But since one table is concerned 

 with the original crews, and the other with the total crews, or all men shipped 

 during a voyage, no duplication is involved. The two tables are entirely 

 independent of each other. See Chapter V, on Forecastle and Cabin, for an 

 interpretation of the significance of these figures with regard to the problem 

 of labor turnover in the whaling industry. All of the account-books used 

 were found in the New Bedford Public Library. 



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