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Ship's papers. 



Copies of papers carried by whaling bark Bartholomew Gosnold, 

 of New Bedford, Massachusetts, outward bound. Eegister, 

 57016 ; whalemen's shipping papers, 57017 ; certificate to ship- 

 ping articles, 57018; crew lists, 57019; master's certificate, 

 57020; custom-house fees, 57021; bill of health, 57022. New 

 Bedford, Massachusetts, 1883. Captain James V. Cox and Mr. 

 James Taylor. 



ACCESSORIES. 

 Belly-band. 



Consists of a belt and two rope-tails. Belt, braided rope, with an 

 eye in each end, into which the ends of the two ropes are re- 

 spectively spliced. Total length of belt and ropes, 11 feet. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57715. Gift of Jonathan 

 Bourne. Used by the men when drawing water over the side 

 of the vessel when the ship is under way. The belt having 

 been adjusted about the waist of a man, who stands on the 

 chains, the free ends of the ropes are made fast to the main- 

 chains of the ship. The man, thus supported, having filled the 

 bucket with water, swings it up to another man, who leans over 

 the rail. The contents having been emptied into a large deck 

 tub, the bucket is again hove overboard and the operation re- 

 peated until a sufficient quantity of water has been obtained. 



Whaleman's boot-jack. 



Yellow pine; rest, Spanish cedar. Made on a whaling vessel. 

 (Scrimshaw). Length, 13 inches. New London, Connecticut. 

 1882. 56883. Gift of Lawrence & Co. 



Whaleman's "bell." 



Wood, oak ; three pieces ; evidently mad^ of an oil-cask stave. Cen- 

 ter-piece with a projecting handle; short side-pieces, seized to 

 the handle-piece with a leathern thong. Total length, 11 inches. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56882. Gift of Captain 

 Henry Clay. Obtained from the whaling schooner Golden 

 Eagle, known as the "cracker," " rattler," and "Nantucket 

 bell." One of the oldest implements emj)loyed on whaling 

 vessels, and used at present on some of the Provincetown and 

 New Bedford schooners, whose crews retain the customs and 

 habits of the early whalemen. The full-rigged barks and 

 ships, however, have discarded the " clapper," and in its place 

 use the bell common to all first-class vessels. When the time 

 arrives for relieving the man at the wheel, he calls another 

 member of the watch by rattling the bell. 



