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- English
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pubOne.info present you this new edition. In the following pages an attempt has been made- it is believed for the first time- to give an account of the cruise of a South Sea whaler from the seaman's standpoint. Two very useful books have been published- both of them over half a century ago- on the same subject; but, being written by the surgeons of whale-ships for scientific purposes, neither of them was interesting to the general reader. ["e;Narrative of a Whaling Voyage round the Globe, "e; by F Debell Bennett, F. R. C. S. (2 vols). Bentley, London (1840). "e;The Sperm Whale Fishery, "e; by Thomas Beale, M. R. C. S. London (1835). ] They have both been long out of print; but their value to the student of natural history has been, and still is, very great, Dr. Beale's book, in particular, being still the authority on the sperm whale.
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Table of contents
- THE CRUISE OF THE “CACHALOT”
- PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- THE CRUISE OF THE “CACHALOT”
- CHAPTER II. PREPARING FOR ACTION
- CHAPTER III. FISHING BEGINS
- CHAPTER IV. BAD WEATHER
- CHAPTER V. ACTUAL WARFARE. OUR FIRST WHALE
- CHAPTER VI. “DIRTY WORK FOR CLEAN MONEY”
- CHAPTER VII. GETTING SOUTHWARD
- CHAPTER VIII. ABNER'S WHALE
- CHAPTER IX. OUR FIRST CALLING-PLACE
- CHAPTER X. A VISIT TO SOME STRANGE PLACES
- CHAPTER XI. ROUND THE COCOS AND SEYCHELLES
- CHAPTER XII. WHICH TREATS OF THE KRAKEN
- CHAPTER XIII. OFF TO THE JAPAN GROUNDS
- CHAPTER XIV. LIBERTY DAY—AND AFTER
- CHAPTER XV. WHICH COMES UNCOMFORTABLY NEAR BEING THE LAST
- CHAPTER XVI. “BOWHEAD” FISHING
- CHAPTER XVII. VISIT TO HONOLULU
- CHAPTER XVIII. ON THE “LINE” GROUNDS
- CHAPTER XIX. EDGING SOUTHWARD
- CHAPTER XX. “HUMPBACKING” AT VAU VAU
- CHAPTER XXI. PROGRESS OF THE “HUMPBACK” SEASON
- CHAPTER XXII. FAREWELL TO VAU VAU
- CHAPTER XXIII. AT FUTUNA, RECRUITING
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE BAY OF ISLANDS AND NEW ZEALAND COAST
- CHAPTER XXV. ON THE SOLANDER GROUNDS
- CHAPTER XXVI. PADDY'S LATEST EXPLOIT
- CHAPTER XXVII. PORT PEGASUS
- CHAPTER XXVIII. TO THE BLUFF, AND HOME
- Copyright