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3. That he will at all times furnish the £sk with as 

 many of his crew as he can conveniently and safely spare, 

 to assist in pumping and navigating the Esk on the home- 

 ward passage to Shetland. And, 



4. That he accepts of as, and declares the award herein- 

 after mentioned to be, an ample and sufficient compensation 

 for the services he hereby engages to perform ; and that 

 no claim in the way of salvage, demurrage, or other cir- 

 cumstance, shall or can hereafter be made by himself or 

 owners of the John, on the master or owners of the Esk. 



Part II. — In consideration of which services, the sacri- 

 fice of all future expectation from the fishery of the pre- 

 sent season, the consequent detention, and so on, — the un- 

 dersigned WiUiam Scoresby Junior, master of the ship 

 Esk, on his part, and on the part of his owners, with the 

 free and unanimous consent of every individual of his crew, 

 doth engage and agree as follows : 



1. That he will abandon into the possession of the ship 

 John 48 tons of whale-oil or blubber accordingly, after the 

 rate of 8 butts to 3 tons, together Avith one-half of the 

 whalebone, or thereabouts, which may at present form the 

 cargo of the Esk. 



2. That the above quantity of blubber and whalebone 

 shall become the property of the owners of the ship John, 

 on which himself or owners can have no claim whatsoever, 

 on the conditions of Part I. being accomplished. 



3. That provided the ship Esk shall, by the united 

 exertions of the crews of the two contracting ships, be 

 preserved, arrive at the port from whence she sailed, and 

 that the John accompanies and the crew assists to the ut- 

 most of their power, so far as Shetland, as agreed ; he, on 

 the part of the owners of the Esk, agrees to pay, in addi- 



