126 The Story of the New England Whalers 



HOROSCOPE PREPARED FOR CAPTAIN DAVID LINDSAY, OF THE 

 BRIGANTINE "SANDERSON," NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND, 1752. 



The quality of the ships may be inferred from 

 the fact that as late as 1825 tne Kingston, Captain 

 Alexander Perry, of Nantucket, was sheathed with 

 leather as a protection from the ravages of the 



