| Summary: | half The crews of their largest craft consist of from thirteen to eighteen men; of these some are gunners, who, on finding their own guns, are admitted _birth_ free; the rest pay generally forty shillings each for their birth, that is, for their proportion of the provisions during the voyage; and all are to receive each half a man's share of the seals caught, or the value thereof, dividing the amount of the whole produce of the voyage into so many shares as there are men on board. G. M. Story OCT 1974 JH NOV 1974 Used I and Sup Used I Not used This card is marked as being used in the DNE I but contents do not appear under 'half'. The source appears in the DNE but not for this form.
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