Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 22:02:22 -0700

From: Rudy Troike RTROIKE[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU

Subject: Another piggin reference



A colleague of mine, Carl Berkhout, shared the following reference:



Rudy:



I trust that Moby-Dick and about five other texts also turned up in the

search.



Chapter lxi



STUBB KILLS A WHALE



Partly to show the indispensableness of this act, it may here be

stated, that, in the old Dutch fishery, a mop was used to dash the

running line with water; in many other ships, a wooden piggin, or

bailer, is set apart for that purpose. Your hat, however, is the most

convenient.