CONTENTS. XLV 



Page. 

 Section E — Continued. 



Chains 338 



Hoisting in blubber 338 



Head chain - 338 



Toggles, or fids 338 



Hoisting in throat 339 



Whaleman's knives 339 



Boarding knives 339 



Mincing knives 1 340 



Leaning knives 641 



Sealers' knives 341 



Appliances used when cutting-in the whale 341 



Net for scooping spermaceti 341 



Case bucket 342 



Belts to support the men 342 



Needles for reeving chains 342 



Manipulating blubber hooks 343 



Platforms for officers when cutting-in 343 



Try- works gear 343 



Bailing oil 343 



Removing scraps 344 



Blubber pikes 344 



Pot pikes 344 



Blubber-forks 345 



Blubber-gaffs * 345 



Lights : Try-works lanterns 346 



ROPES USED BY WHALEMEN. 



Fluke ropes and cutting-falls 346 



Guy-ropes and bone yarn .' 347 



Whale-line, warps, and straps 347 



WAIFS AND FLAGS. 



Boat waifs .- 348 



National flag 348 



IMPLEMENTS USED ASHORE. 



Whalebone scrapers 349 



Coopers' inshaves 349 



WHALE-SHIPS, PAPERS AND LOG-BOOKS. 



Log-books, slates, and stamps 350 



Memoranda of whaler's outfit 351 



Ships' papers 352 



ACCESSORIES. 



Belly-bands, boot-jacks, &c 352 



Eeel and log-chip, &c 353 



Whaleman's ship-bread 355 



SCRIMSHAW WORK AND CURIOSITIES. 



Canes, banjo, shell-hook, &c 355 



