Provisions on board of a English whaler in 1828

An item referred to the Sandwich Islands Gazette: “The following extract is made from the log-book of an English Whale-ship, formerly in these seas with thirty-six men. Provisions expended on board the ship during the year 1828: -5,324 lbs. salt pork; 5,472 lbs. salt beef; 4,200 lbs. fresh pork; 792 lbs. fresh beef; 8,710 lbs. biscuit; 54 gallons pearl barley; 360 gallons flour; 216 gallons molasses; 20 gallons oatmeal; 240 gallons split peas;160 gallons peas, vice coffee; 24 gallons rice; 440 gallons rum ; 120 gallons vinegar; 8,100 onions; 500 pears; 12 melons; 40 bushels sweet potatoes; 144 pumpkins; 2,000 oranges; 1 bushel Chili peppers; 52 terrapin; 3200 cocoa nuts; 220 bread fruit; 120 bunches plaintains; 120 sugar canes; 66 fowls; 63 papias; 90 pine apples; 50 citrons; 150 taro roots; 8 bushels limes; 3360 lbs. Irish potatoes; besides cabin stores, as tea, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, &c., and many hundreds weight of fish. Poor fellows!”

Source

Parbury’s oriental herald and colonial intelligencer, volume 1, 1838