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4. Whaling Gear on board the 'Australian'

• 3 Try Pots
• 2 Copper Coolers
• 4 Iron Tanks
• 2 Copper Ladles
• 1 Skimmer
• 3 Blubber Hooks
• 4 Double Cutting Blocks
• 11 Single Do
• 2 Cutting Falls, 1 old
• 6 Fluke Topes
• 8 Tubs of Whale Lines
• 1 Cask & 2 Coils of New Do.
• 21 Cutting Spades
• 6 Mincing Knives
• 2 Boarding Do.
• 59 Lances
• 115 Harpoons
• 2 Oil Pumps
• 1 Water Do.
• 1 Set Cutting Tubs
• 2 Dipping Bouys
• 17 Bundles of Iron Hoops
• 7 Truss Hoops
• 20 Ash Oars
• 5 Steer Oars
• 75 Boats' Timbers
• 33 Do. Knees
• 133 Do. Boards
• 1 Stern and 1 Stern Post
• 4 Gunwhale Pieces
• 1 Keel Do.
• ½ Coil Whale line
• A quantity of Iron & Lance Polespage 95
• 3 Chain head strops
• 3 Capstan Bars
• 5 Handspikes
• 4 Crowbars
• 14 Luff tackle Blocks of sizes
• 1 Long boat Hook and 1 short Do.
• 3 Ships Compasses and 1 Tell Tale
• 1 Lead & Line (Hand)
• 1 Speaking Trumpet
• 2 Cook's Lanthorn
• 2 Signal Do.
• 1 Binnacle Lamp
• 2 Cabin Do.
• 1 Scoop Net and Pole
• 1 Vyce
• 5 Boat's Compasses
• 1 Cask containing Sundries
• 1 Cask Turpentine
• ½ Cask Pitch
• ½ Do. Coal Tar
• Stores, New
• 18 Boat Anchors