Show MEN OT TUB eich in for is provided with two dredges chy are ion instruments with d thain netting made in the form oi a pocket 1 he mouths of these pockets ero provided wily foi fc up the 0 apte dredge ime ropes attached to anem which are fis ned to iron winders which are placed amidships on botn the port ana star board aided ol 01 the veel ve el win bior are iron and provi iad with cranks they are securely to the decks loves a stiff arceo HP cannot work to an irvint iyo without st d ho likes it the hea the boat lie place where it M lo 10 vork the two dredd ae thrown overboard ird hauled alone iho bottom by the jesul will hold two and A lulf buirds of oyster but they are rarely I 1 drawn up full except on an fino bed iho speed desired by he dredger is two miles an hour llie fails are therefore trimmed to keep lour men are required at each winder when the dredge is hup boned lo 10 in it four men iniza the two iron cranks winder ad begin the libon oui tuk of w nd av the rape around the til the dredge u it is hard tork and otten very cold bom tinie the crank may cepl like ahre and tike handi earv drop of water yanke chii decks and clothing ot the met may be tre enns but they hare to betten n cold weather and that is the timo t catch them 1 I he captain takes part nth his men hn place is at the til n to ateer anthae general dir aloa tle boat woe to iha men at tho cranes when tin ropes slip or tho dredges sanko a at the lot loui 1 ho cank are from he men and fly around with lightning peed often result ing in broken arms leg bodies I 1 ones saw i a crank knock the top ot a mm s liend off as as it could have been done accidents from the crank nrc ery sequent he quent there is not a day pieces but boino poor fellow on the ouster pi receive a wound aiom it amk go out from the harbors where spend the night at ivein earl hour in the and work as conr as they can see in the ev cang 1 hev stop lor no weather ex capt a heavy pale or a furious snow lue will often work in a hurricane under a windward ahlie when the car onla carr i hall piece of mainsail and jib ahe men abc compelled to be on deck in of and work like beatts hie pet soaked with rain and have their clothes freeze on them they sometimes have their ears noses hinds and feet iten eiten e off oy the and am e cutup pu tup with uncomfortable at As many of them have not got a chainge of cloth lie down in 1 heir hoen par meals at and thaw out so this process of during the day and out it night goes on and it is no wonder that many of them die of pneumonia and other maddies incident to 0 o rough a life it too often happens that when a man gets sick he is put ashore at some point by his captain without money to shift for himself as best he can but on the other hand gome ot these fellows who have come to the city with such tales arc deserters from their vessels the only time the dredgers have a picnic is during the ire valence of a storm so violent that the boits are compelled to lay in bar boi ibe men then lay about the cabins and forecastle smoking sleeping and drinking if they can get the liquor the food on the dredge boats is but substantial aub they have coffee corned beef pork bread and 1 hey also have soup the pay of a hand on these vessels is about 18 to 20 per month some few experienced dredging dred eing hands will get as ciali is 30 and 40 per month sometimes tho crew agree to ork on snares and divide the proceeds of the vessel load of oysters among as stipulated in their agree ment |