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" Larbolins stout, you must turn out, 



And sleep no more within ; 

 For if you do, we'll cut your clew, 



And let starbolins in," 

 and vice versa. 



Larbolins means larboard watch, now called port. 

 Starbolins means starboard watch. 



Unicorns' horns vary from one to eleven feet in length. 



At the present time two beautiful specimens may be seen 

 in the Museum of the Hull Trinity House. 



One of them was brought from Greenland by the ship 

 Diana, of Hull, in the year 1798. It measures 8 feet 4 in. 

 in length. The other one was brought from Davis's Straits 

 in the ship Thomas, of Hull Captain W. Brass in -the 

 year 1817, and measures 8 ft. 2 in. in length. 



THERE were many words used in this trade which may be 

 unintelligible to those who have not been to the Arctic 

 regions, and which are not used in these days. 

 A Fall is shouted when a boat first fastens to a whale, and 



signifies a jump or leap. (This is an old Dutch 



word.) 

 A Nip. In Arctic parlance a nip is when two floes in 



motion crush by their opposite edges a vessel unhappily 



entrapped. 

 Bay Ice. Ice newly-formed on the surface of the water. 



It is then in the first stage of consolidation. 

 Bight. An indentation in a floe or pack, varying in size. 

 Boring. The operation of forcing the ship through loose or 



pack ice under a heavy press of sail. 

 Broach to. To fly up into the wind ; broadside to the 



wind. 



