[33] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 677 



Fishing schooner "Gertie Evelyn," Gloucester, Mass.— Cont'd, 

 side about abreast of the foremast), that are used by the cook 

 for the storage of small stores and other material which he uses. 

 At the after end of the forecastle, on the port side, is a small 

 upright closet with shelves where the cook keeps a supply of 

 eatables, which the fishermen have access to at all hours of the 

 day and night; this is called the " grub-locker." Near this is 

 the door leading into the forehold, where is the cook's pan- 

 try on the port side, and the coal-pen on the starboard side, 

 where also is stowed a supply of wood, flour, beef, pork, &c. 

 Beneath the floor of the pantry, at least in part, are the water- 

 casks, each holding about 250 gallons, these being supplemented 

 by a greater or less number of barrels rilled with water, which 

 are also stowed in the forehold. In the pantry the cook prepares 

 the food for cooking, and this apartment is often painted in a 

 neat and tasty manner. The ice-house is separated from the 

 pantry by a double bulkhead of matched boards with tarred 

 paper between. The platform of the ice-house is usually made 

 of spruce or pine planks 2 inches in thickness; these being laid 

 on cross-pieces of 3 x 4 joists, which are fitted in their proper 

 places, well secured, and also supported in the middle before 

 the ballast is put on board. The platform is held securely in 

 place by the stanchions which form the frame-work of the pens 

 or sections into which the ice-house is divided. Bach pen is 

 separated from the next by a single partition of one-inch boards. 

 A portion of the front of each side pen is tightly closed up from 

 the floor to the deck, while the remainder is adjustable, a num- 

 ber of " pen-boards " being cut of suitable lengths so that by 

 sliding in grooves in the upright stanchions they may be put in 

 or removed as occasion demands. The pens on the sides are 

 called " wing-pens," while those in the center aisle are known 

 as " slaughter-house pens," the one, however, which is directly 

 under either the main or after hatch having the name of "slaugh- 

 ter-house." The cabin is finished with hard wood, usually black 

 walnut and ash ; it has four berths, the forward one of which on 

 the starboard side is occupied by the captain, while the others 

 are taken by such members of the crew as may secure them 

 by lot, since there are no under officers to claim them by right. 

 Beneath the cabin floor, in which there is a small trap-door, 

 a supply of coal for the cabin stove is carried. Aft of the 

 cabin, in the extreme stern, is a rough, unfinished apartment, 

 where such materials as spare fishing-gear, light sails, cord- 

 age, blocks, &c, are stowed. The larger mass of fishing- 

 gear, which is very bulky, is stowed in the ice-house when 

 the vessel is making passages. The particular schooner which 



