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The Gam

           ButwhatisaGam?Youmightwearoutyourindex-fingerrunningupanddownthecolumnsofdictionaries,andneverfindtheword,Dr.Johnsonneverattainedtothaterudition;NoahWebster’sarkdoesnotholdit.Nevertheless,thissameexpressivewordhasnowformanyyearsbeeninconstantuseamongsomefifteenthousandtruebornYankees.Certainly,itneedsadefinition,andshouldbeincorporatedintotheLexicon.Withthatview,letmelearnedlydefineit.

           GAM.NOUNAsocialmeetingoftwo(ormore)Whaleships,generallyonacruising-ground;when,afterexchanginghails,theyexchangevisitshyboats’crews,thetwocaptainsremaining,forthetime,onboardofoneship,andthetwochiefmatesontheother.

           ThereisanotherlittleitemaboutGammingwhichmustnotbeforgottenhere.Allprofessionshavetheirownlittlepeculiaritiesofdetail;sohasthewhalefishery.Inapirate,man-of-war,orslaveship,whenthecaptainisrowedanywhereinhisboat,healwayssitsinthesternsheetsonacomfortable,sometimescushionedseatthere,andoftensteershimselfwithaprettylittlemilliner’stillerdecoratedwithgaycordsandribbons.Butthewhale-boathasnoseatastern,nosofaofthatsortwhatever,andnotilleratall.Hightimesindeed,ifwhalingcaptainswerewheeledaboutthewateroncastorslikegoutyoldaldermeninpatentchairs.

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