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the fishery equipment of the whaler, including four 

 hundred and fifty new casks, sixty new whale-lines, 

 fifty oak harpoon stocks, cloth for sails, forty new 

 and ten old harpoons, fifty new lances, ten blubber 

 knives, and so on. 



His list is so meticulously correct that he does not 

 forget the porcelain coffee service and the mirrors 

 and serviettes for the cabin. Evidently the old 

 whaling masters were by no means uncivilised. 



Between the 6th and 8th April the crew were 

 mustered in the captain's cabin before the owner 

 and skipper. Advances in pay were made. The 

 captain received one hundred to one hundred and 

 fifty guilders, and twenty-five guilders towards his 

 equipment. His share was also fixed at from twenty 

 to twenty-five guilders per whale and a percentage 

 on the oil. The mate (steersman) received sixty to 

 sixty-five guilders advance and an agreed percentage 

 on the oil, the harpooners fifty to fifty-five guilders 

 advance and a percentage on the oil, but nothing 

 for the whalebone. The monthly pay of the crew 

 was carpenter, thirty-six to forty guilders, boatsmen 

 twenty-eight, cook twenty-eight, butcher twenty- 

 eight, barber (doctor?) twenty-six, quartermaster 

 (Schiemann), who looked after the lines, twenty-five, 

 experienced seamen eighteen to twenty, younger 

 seamen fourteen to fifteen, cooks' assistants twelve, 

 and cabin boys ten to eleven guilders. The steers- 

 man of each boat capturing a whale received in 

 addition three guilder. On the I5th to 2Oth April' 

 the ships put to sea, those for Davis Strait, however, 



