WHALERS AND WHALING. 



to sleep in such a fearful place. No light, no air, except through the 

 tiny hatchway which is often fastened down in rough weather. Four- 

 teen men packed together there like sardines every night for a year 

 and a half. 



The views of the cabin and forecastle of this whaler were taken 

 by an enterprising photographer, who even descended into the fear- 

 some black hole above mentioned, with his camera, and took a very 

 successful flash light picture of the sailors' bunks. 



It doesn't seem likely that a man would ever adopt whaling as 

 a profession if he were initiated at first into this state of affairs. But 

 a whaler just starting on a voyage, is as spick and span as fresh paint 

 and hard scrubbing can make her, so the green hands come to it by 

 degrees, and since prosperity means dirt to a whaleman, he soon gets 

 used to it. 



It takes about thirty thousand dollars to fit out a whaler for a 



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