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Show ON A MACKEREL SCHOONER. Dilly Routine In the Life of the Gloucester Glou-cester Fishermen. Tho routine lifo on n mackerel schooner Is not strenuous Tho crew consists of II men, a skipper and cook Two men constitute n watch, one aloft as n lookout, tho other at tho whcil. so thai each man has two hours on Out), and then 12 hours off, before his turn cornea nround ngaln During this period ho may bo called on to shorten anil, wash thu dock or lo perform other work Half of tho crew have their bunks forward with tho cook, who Is king of tho forecastle, forecas-tle, and tho rest sleep 'aft with tho captain Wo weru assigned to a double bunk nft, whero wo wero not troubled wllli galley smells, but had to bo on our good bchnvlnr All tho rollcs und revela wero forward. Tho crow nto In two shifts, tho older men with tho sklppor. Travel Mngazlno |