ot be incubated. The sea-lawyer always was
and always will be a pest on land, and a source of mischief
and danger on the sea. But while so much can be said against
the tactless, and, it may be, the vindictive captain, just
as much can be said against some crews who ignored the duty
of submitting to control. They feasted on unjustifiable
grumbling and discontent. They loafed and plotted to destroy
all legitimate authority, and very often made it a
perplexity to know how to act towards them. I do not class
these men with the criminal class of which I have spoken;
there is a very wide distinction between the two. The men I
am now speaking of, at their worst, never went beyond
loafing, grumbling, and plotting to evade some technical
obligation.

The wages of the mate aboard these south-going craft were L5
5s. per month, the second mate got a pound above the
A.B.'s, who, on these voyages, were paid L2 10s. to L2 15s.
per month. The cook and steward (one man) got the same as
the boatswain, the carpenter, and the second mate. The scale
of wages for officers and crew aboard a tea clipper was
regulated on more aristocratic lines. Their hands were
carefully picked, and, as a rule, they carried double crews,
exclusive of officers and petty officers. Both pay and food
were vastly better in the clippers than that of the average
trader. The statutory scale of provisions was, however, the
same for all. A copy of it appears on the opposite page.

SCALE OF PROVISIONS

_NOTE.--There is no scale fixed by the Board of Trade. The quantity
and nature of the Provisions are a matter for agreement between Master
and Crew_.

Scale of Provisions to be allowed and served out to the Crew during the
Voyage, in addition to the daily issue of Lime and Lemon Juice and Sugar,
or other Anti-Scorbutics in any case required by the Act.

PROVISIONS. QUANTITY SUN. MON. TUE. WED. THUR. FRI. SAT. WEEKLY

Water Qts. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
Bread lb. 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Beef " 1-1/2 1-1/2 1-1/2 1-1/2
Pork " 1-1/4 1-1/4 1-1/4
Preserved Meats "
Preserved Potatoes oz.
Preserved Vegetables. lb.
Flour " 1/2 1/2 1/2
Peas Pint 1/3 1/3 1/3
Ca