200 OLD WHALING DAYS. 



Straits, crossing the Atlantic and Polar ocean not less than 

 one hundred and sixty times without a single mishap. Her 

 last voyages as a whaler were made in 1867 and 1868. 

 During the long career of the Truelove in the whaling trade 

 she has brought home not less than between three and four 

 hundred whales. 



The barque has changed owners many times. In shape 

 the barque is very much like the one in which William Penn 

 arrived at the time he made the treaty with the Indians. 

 The sides batter inwards to the top of the gunwales, and 

 this makes the vessel much broader at the water line than 

 the deck. In nautical language, the sides are known as 

 "tumbling home," because they fall in above the bends. 

 They are directly opposite in construction to those of a ship 

 known as a wall-sided vessel. 



The Letter of Marque pennant, which had been treasured 

 and carefully kept in a locker in the cabin so many years, 

 was destroyed by someone not knowing its value 

 after she left the whaling trade. The history of it 

 was related to me by Captain Parker when I was an appren- 

 tice with him on board of the good old barque. She 

 formerly carried the bust of a man for the figure head, but it 

 was taken off on account of the ice accumulating on it. 

 Her bulwark was called pigsty bulwark, i.e., every other 

 plank out to allow water to run freely off the deck. It was 

 filled up in 1854, which made the deck much warmer. 



Her speed has been as high as nine knots, but her usual 

 speed is eight knots per hour. 



The following is a copy of the ship's papers : 



" Certificate of British Registry. ' This is to certify that 

 in pursuance of an Act in the fourth year of the reign of 



