The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales. Frank Thomas Bullen

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      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664601896

Table of Contents

       PREFACE

       DETAILED CONTENTS

       INTRODUCTION

       THE CRUISE OF THE "CACHALOT"

       CHAPTER I. OUTWARD BOUND

       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

PREFACE

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      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. ["Narrative of a Whaling Voyage round the Globe," by F Debell Bennett, F.R.C.S. (2 vols). Bentley, London (1840). "The Sperm Whale Fishery," 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.

      This book does not pretend to compete with either of the above valuable works. Its aims is to present to the general reader a simple account of the methods employed, and the dangers met with, in a calling about which the great mass of the public knows absolutely nothing. Pending the advent of some great writer who shall see the wonderful possibilities for literature contained in the world-wide wanderings of the South Sea whale-fishers, the author has endeavoured to summarize his experiences so that they may be read without weariness, and, it is hoped, with profit.

      The manifold shortcomings of the work will not, it is trusted, be laid to the account of the subject, than which none more interesting could well be imagined, but to the limitations of the writer, whose long experience of sea life has done little to foster the literary faculty.

      One claim may be made with perfect confidence—that if the manner be not all that could be wished, the matter is entirely trustworthy, being compiled СКАЧАТЬ