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CHAPTER XI The Story of a Crime
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Although it would be quite unfair to imagine from the immense activity prevailing1 in the ship during the cutting-in that Pepe was neglected, it is certain that according to a very well understood and constantly acted upon rule in South Sea whalers, work connected with whaling takes precedence of everything else. Nothing is allowed to interfere3 with it as long as it is humanly possible to carry it on. Remembering the quite scanty4 rewards to be obtained on an average by the most ardent5 and successful whalemen, the absolute impossibility of any supervision6 by the owners for three or four years at a time, it is, I think, little short of marvellous to note the extraordinary energy and perseverance7 manifested by these men, of whatever grade above that of seaman8, in the chief business of the voyage.
Physical injury, lack of rest, incredible toil9, privation suffered are all made light of in the chase, capture, and disposal of the whale. Charges are often brought against the leaders of gross inhumanity to the men working under them in the absence of full restraint; but as far as that cruelty consists in overwork, or work under desperate conditions, I bear witness that if the sailor or foremost hand is not spared, neither do those who drive him spare themselves. The voluntary work that I have seen some of these men perform would be taken as[Pg 151] incredible if I were to relate it, and I therefore shrink from giving instances. Besides, to the majority of those whom I hope will read this book, the whole business would be unintelligible11 because entirely
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