a8o MOOSE-HUNTING, SALMON-FISHING, ETC 



during a passage. In their actions on a line 

 they resemble a salmon and pollock, fighting 

 for their freedom, as every inch is gathered 

 from them. As we got nearly up to it, the 

 captain ordered seaman Jack to get down in 

 the main chains, and grab the tub as it passed 

 along. 



"Will and Ned, you stand by to take it 

 from him. You had better take a turn of 

 that clew-line around your waist, in case you 

 should make a miss any way, Sam." 



So down to the main chains (those used 

 to be the bars of iron on the sides of a vessel 

 to which the mast-shrouds were attached, 

 called in nautical terms, chain-plates, some- 

 times fore-chains, sometimes main, as they 

 applied to foremast or mainmast) Sam goes, 

 seizes it with his right hand, but of course 

 could not raise it. Then Will jumped to his 

 assistance, and even then it was no light 

 task ; but all hands were there ready to help, 

 and it was soon on deck. We felt, as we 

 looked at that tub for a moment, that it had 

 a history unknown to us. Had the vessel to 

 which it belonged gone down in the hurri- 

 cane ? Had that tidal wave swept it off the 



