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HISTORY AND METHODS OF THE FISHERIES. 



The cooper iu a four-boater, if lie has made one or more voyages and is a capable ship-keeper, 

 would get about the 50th or the 55th lay, bat if green, about the 75th. Iu a two boater a compe- 

 tent cooper would get about the 45th lay aud a green one about the (iOth. 



The steward in a four-boater would get from the 100th to the 150th, and in a three-boater the 

 30th. 



The cook would receive about the same lay as the seamen, and, in addition, a certain percent- 

 age of the "slush."* 



The boat-steerer or harpooner in a four-boater gets from the 75th to the 90th lay. If ho is a 

 "crack" man, and has "struck everything and never missed his chance," he would receive the 

 75th, if green about the 80th or 90th. In a three-boater a skillful harpooner would get about the 

 65th lay, and one less skillful the 75th. 



The fourth mate gets about the 60th or 65th lay. 



The third mate in a four-boater gets from the 45th to the 60th lay ; in a three- boater, from the 

 38th to the 45th. 



The second mate in a four-boater gets from the 30th to the 40th ; in a three-boater, from the 

 28th to the 35th. 



The mate in a four-boater gets from the 20th to the 25th ; in a three-boater, from the 18th to 

 the 23d. 



The master gets in a four-boater from the 12th to the 17th and in a three-boater from the 10th 

 to the 16th. 



The men sailing from Provincetowu receive shorter lays than the New Bedford whalemen. 

 The vessels of the former port are of a smaller class, and instead of making extended cruises to 

 distant points in the Pacific Ocean and the Arctic regions, make short voyages in the Atlantic, 

 and consequently their outfits are not so expensive as those of the ships and barks of New Bed- 

 ford, and the owners can afford to offer greater inducements to the crews.t Capt. N. E. Atwood, 

 of Provincetown, kindly furnishes the accompanying data concerning the lays at this port. 



The following is a sample of the lays paid by the owners to the officers aud crews sailing from 

 Provincetown in 1880 : 



'Various kinds of grease saved during the voyage in the galley. A sperm whaler will bring home perhaps four 

 or five barrels of "slush," which are sold to soap manufacturers. 



J The Proviucetown vessels do not, however, bring in such large and valuable cargoes, but their trips are more 

 frequent. 



