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`` Now , lad , lend a hand in tidying up on deck . There is nothing like work , for keeping off seasickness . Jack shall cook , for today . '' The boy set to work with a will ; and felt so refreshed that , by one o'clock , he was able to go below and take his share of the dinner . At present , while on their way to the fishing grounds , their meals were taken at the same time as on shore but , once at work , there were only two meals a day . Of these the first was taken when the fishing was over , the fish cleaned , picked , weighed , and packed -- the hour varying between nine and eleven . The second meal was taken before the trawl was lowered , at six or seven o'clock in the evening .