n PREFACE. 



sery, Boston, for facilities in obtaining some of the fine engravings 

 which adorn the volume. 



And now, sending this, my first-born literary venture in book form 

 into the world, I have in my heart a hope that the fishermen and 

 their families may find it of sufficient interest to insure for this 

 MEMORIAL AND RECORD BOOK a welcome place on the home book- 

 shelf, or a snug position among the reading matter on board the 

 vessel. 



GEORGE H. PROCTER. 



