184 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



vomit of this and that member of the " Satanic 

 Press/' look and smell like gurry. 



Gaily, or Gallow, as it is found in Shakes- 

 peare, is the term by which they express a 

 whale's being frightened. Thus you often hear 

 " that whale's gallied," as they pronounce it. 



Gam is the word by which they designate 

 the meeting, exchanging visits, and keeping 

 company of two or more whale ships, or a 

 sociable family of whales. Thus we gammed 

 two days on the New Zealand whaling ground 

 with the Niantic of Sag Harbor. One day the 

 captain of the Niantic spent with us, the next 

 our captain spent on board the Niantic, the 

 boats' crews gamming together at the same time 

 in the forecastle, and the mates of the ships 

 meeting and having a gam in the ship that was 

 left by her captain. 



These gams are very pleasant interludes in 

 a whaleman's life, when abroad upon the desert 

 ocean, without change of society or scene, a 

 thousand miles from land. It is peculiarly 

 grateful for a rusty and barnacled old ship, that 

 has been absent thirty or more months, to have 



