FROM EDINBURGH TO THE ANTARCTIC Si 
for tow hours then we went in again then the men tolds us to 
come out then their was a squall then in the afternoon we went 
on deck we met the mate at the top of the hatch he says to us 
hullo where did you come from but we did not speak he says 
O well we will have to get a job for you then he gave us some 
tar to put on twine and then ball it up. 
This is since we came on board 
William Brannan 
Terence IVPmachon. 1 
This 'process reproduction,' from a water-colour, represents one of the old 
hands in the focsle tatooing a bo/s arm. When tatooing became the craze on 
board, the artist had his work cut out for him. Crucifixions and S. F. Union 
badges were the favourite designs. The men believe that the cross ensures them 
burial if they are wrecked and washed up on some Roman Catholic coast. 
} At Tori Stanley Brannan and his chum signed on the articles as members 
of tile crew in place of two deserters, and now have made themselves a niche 
in the world's progress. 
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