CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
- OUTWARD BOUND Adrift in New Bedford--I get a ship--A motley crowd--"Built by the mile, and cut off as you want 'em"--Mistah Jones-- Greenies--Off to sea.
CHAPTER II
- PREPARING FOR ACTION Primitive steering-gear--Strange drill--Misery below--Short commons--Goliath rigs the "crow's-nest"--Useful information --Preparing for war--Strange weapons--A boat-load.
CHAPTER III
- FISHING BEGINS The cleanliness of a whale-ship--No skulking--Porpoise-fishing --Cannibals--Cooking operations--Boat-drill--A good look-out-- "Black-fishing"--Roguery in all trades--Plenty of fresh beef-- The nursery of American whalemen.
CHAPTER IV
- BAD WEATHER Nautical routine--The first gale--Comfort versus speed--A grand sea-boat--The Sargasso Sea--Natural history pursuits-- Dolphin--Unconventional fishing--Rumours of a visit to the Cape Verdes--Babel below--No allowance, but not "full and plenty" --Queer washing--Method of sharing rations--The "slop-shop" opened--Our prospects.
CHAPTER V
- ACTUAL WARFARE. OUR FIRST WHALE Premonitions--Discussion on whaling from unknown premisses-- I wake in a fright--Sperm whales at last--The war begins --Warning--We get fast--and get loose--In trouble--an uncomfortable situation--No Pity-Only one whale--Rigging the "cutting-stage"--Securing the whale alongside.
CHAPTER VI
- "DIRTY WORK FOR CLEAN MONEY" Goliath in trouble--Commence "cutting-in"--A heavy head-- A tank of spermaceti--Decks running with oil--A "Patent" mincing-machine--Extensive cooking--Dangerous work-- Three tuns of oil--A horrible mess--A thin-skinned monster --A fine mouth of teeth.
CHAPTER VII
- GETTING SOUTHWARD Captain Slocum's amenities--Expensive beer--St. Paul's Rocks-- "Bonito"--"Showery" weather--Waterspouts--Calms-- A friendly finback--A disquisition on whales by Mistah Jones--Flying-fishing.
CHAPTER VIII
- ABNER'S WHALE Abner in luck--A big "fish" at last--A feat of endurance-- A fighting whale--The sperm whale's food--Ambergris --A good reception--Hard labour--Abner's reward-- "Scrimshaw".
CHAPTER IX
- OUR FIRST CALLING-PLACE A forced march--Tristan d'Acunha--Visitors--Fresh provisions --A warm welcome--Goliath's turn--a feathered host-- Good gear--A rough time--Creeping north--Uncertainty-- "Rule of thumb"--navigation--The Mozambique Channel.
CHAPTER X
- A VISIT TO SOME STRANGE PLACES Tropical thunderstorms--A "record" day's fishing--Cetacean frivolities--Mistah Jones moralizes--A snug harbour-- Wooding and watering--Catching a turtle--Catching a "Tartar"--A violent death--A crooked jaw--Aldabra Island --Primeval inhabitants--A strange steed--"Pirate" birds-- Good eggs--Green cocoa-nuts--More turtle--A school of "kogia".
CHAPTER XI
- ROUND THE COCOS AND SEYCHELLES We encounter a "cyclone"--A tremendous gust--a foundering ship--To anchor for repairs--The Cocos--Repairing damages --Around the Seychelles--A "milk" sea--A derelict prahu --A ghastly freight--A stagnant sea.
CHAPTER XII
- WHICH TREATS OF THE KRAKEN "Eyes and no eyes" at sea--Of big mollusca--The origin of sea- serpent stories--Rediscovery of the "Kraken"--A conflict of monsters--"The insatiable nightmares of the sea"-- Spermaceti running to waste--The East Indian maze.
CHAPTER XIII
- OFF TO THE JAPAN GROUNDS A whale off Hong Kong--The skipper and his "'bomb-gun"-- Injury to the captain--Unwelcome visitors--The heathen Chinee--We get safe off--"Death of Portagee Jim"--The Funeral--The Coast of Japan--Port Lloyd--Meeting of whale-ships.
CHAPTER XIV
- LIBERTY DAY--AND AFTER Liberty day--I foregather with a "beach-comber"--A big fight --Goliath on the war-path--A court-martial--Wholesale flogging--a miserable crowd--Quite a fleet of whale-ships --I "raise" a sperm whale--Severe competition--An unfortunate stroke--The skipper distinguishes himself.
CHAPTER XV
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CHAPTER I
- OUTWARD BOUND Adrift in New Bedford--I get a ship--A motley crowd--"Built by the mile, and cut off as you want 'em"--Mistah Jones-- Greenies--Off to sea.
CHAPTER II
- PREPARING FOR ACTION Primitive steering-gear--Strange drill--Misery below--Short commons--Goliath rigs the "crow's-nest"--Useful information --Preparing for war--Strange weapons--A boat-load.
CHAPTER III
- FISHING BEGINS The cleanliness of a whale-ship--No skulking--Porpoise-fishing --Cannibals--Cooking operations--Boat-drill--A good look-out-- "Black-fishing"--Roguery in all trades--Plenty of fresh beef-- The nursery of American whalemen.
CHAPTER IV
- BAD WEATHER Nautical routine--The first gale--Comfort versus speed--A grand sea-boat--The Sargasso Sea--Natural history pursuits-- Dolphin--Unconventional fishing--Rumours of a visit to the Cape Verdes--Babel below--No allowance, but not "full and plenty" --Queer washing--Method of sharing rations--The "slop-shop" opened--Our prospects.
CHAPTER V
- ACTUAL WARFARE. OUR FIRST WHALE Premonitions--Discussion on whaling from unknown premisses-- I wake in a fright--Sperm whales at last--The war begins --Warning--We get fast--and get loose--In trouble--an uncomfortable situation--No Pity-Only one whale--Rigging the "cutting-stage"--Securing the whale alongside.
CHAPTER VI
- "DIRTY WORK FOR CLEAN MONEY" Goliath in trouble--Commence "cutting-in"--A heavy head-- A tank of spermaceti--Decks running with oil--A "Patent" mincing-machine--Extensive cooking--Dangerous work-- Three tuns of oil--A horrible mess--A thin-skinned monster --A fine mouth of teeth.
CHAPTER VII
- GETTING SOUTHWARD Captain Slocum's amenities--Expensive beer--St. Paul's Rocks-- "Bonito"--"Showery" weather--Waterspouts--Calms-- A friendly finback--A disquisition on whales by Mistah Jones--Flying-fishing.
CHAPTER VIII
- ABNER'S WHALE Abner in luck--A big "fish" at last--A feat of endurance-- A fighting whale--The sperm whale's food--Ambergris --A good reception--Hard labour--Abner's reward-- "Scrimshaw".
CHAPTER IX
- OUR FIRST CALLING-PLACE A forced march--Tristan d'Acunha--Visitors--Fresh provisions --A warm welcome--Goliath's turn--a feathered host-- Good gear--A rough time--Creeping north--Uncertainty-- "Rule of thumb"--navigation--The Mozambique Channel.
CHAPTER X
- A VISIT TO SOME STRANGE PLACES Tropical thunderstorms--A "record" day's fishing--Cetacean frivolities--Mistah Jones moralizes--A snug harbour-- Wooding and watering--Catching a turtle--Catching a "Tartar"--A violent death--A crooked jaw--Aldabra Island --Primeval inhabitants--A strange steed--"Pirate" birds-- Good eggs--Green cocoa-nuts--More turtle--A school of "kogia".
CHAPTER XI
- ROUND THE COCOS AND SEYCHELLES We encounter a "cyclone"--A tremendous gust--a foundering ship--To anchor for repairs--The Cocos--Repairing damages --Around the Seychelles--A "milk" sea--A derelict prahu --A ghastly freight--A stagnant sea.
CHAPTER XII
- WHICH TREATS OF THE KRAKEN "Eyes and no eyes" at sea--Of big mollusca--The origin of sea- serpent stories--Rediscovery of the "Kraken"--A conflict of monsters--"The insatiable nightmares of the sea"-- Spermaceti running to waste--The East Indian maze.
CHAPTER XIII
- OFF TO THE JAPAN GROUNDS A whale off Hong Kong--The skipper and his "'bomb-gun"-- Injury to the captain--Unwelcome visitors--The heathen Chinee--We get safe off--"Death of Portagee Jim"--The Funeral--The Coast of Japan--Port Lloyd--Meeting of whale-ships.
CHAPTER XIV
- LIBERTY DAY--AND AFTER Liberty day--I foregather with a "beach-comber"--A big fight --Goliath on the war-path--A court-martial--Wholesale flogging--a miserable crowd--Quite a fleet of whale-ships --I "raise" a sperm whale--Severe competition--An unfortunate stroke--The skipper distinguishes himself.
CHAPTER XV
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