Scale of Pay. 



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Note. — The speksioneer is the' officer under whose direc- 

 tion the whale is cut up. This word is derived from the 

 Dutch " spek," meaning blubber. Skeeman is the officer who 

 superintends between decks the " stowing away " of the 

 blubber in the tanks, and is adopted from the Dutch " schie- 

 man," the captain of the forecastle. 



1 Also harpooneers. 2 Also boat-steerers. 



