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written by men who actually shipped as foremast hands. Before going to 

 sea in a whaler, the author had been a reporter in the United States Senate. 

 ScoRESBY, William, "An Account of the Arctic Regions, with a History and 

 Description of the Northern Whale-Fishery." Edinburgh, 1820. Two Vol- 

 umes. Despite its early date, Scoresby's work remained the classic account 

 of Arctic and Greenland right whaling throughout the century. Captain 

 Scoresby, who made repeated voyages to the North Atlantic, wrote with the 

 authority of one who was thoroughly conversant with every detail of his 

 subject. 



Scoresby, William, "Journal of Voyage to the Northern Whale Fishery." 

 Edinburgh, 1823. 



Scoresby, William (Reverend), "The Adventurous Life of Captain Scoresby." 

 London, 1851. A biography of Captain Scoresby, written by his son. 



CoLNETT, "A Voyage to the South Atlantic and Round Cape Horn into the 

 Pacific Ocean for the Purpose of Extending the Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, 

 and other Objects of Commerce." London, 1798. 



Beale, Thomas, "A Few Observations on the Natural History of the Sperm 

 Whale, with an Account of the Rise and Progress of the Fishery, and of the 

 Modes of Pursuing, Killing, and 'Cutting-in' that Animal," etc. London, 

 1835. 



Beale, Thomas, "The Natural History of the Sperm Whale. ... To Which 

 Is Added a Sketch of a South-Sea Whaling Voyage." London, 1839. The 

 author sailed as surgeon of a British sperm whaler, and used his scientific 

 training and developed powers of observation to good effect. 



Bennett, F. D., (Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society), "Narrative of 

 a Whaling Voyage Round the Globe, From the Year 1833 to 1836." London, 

 1840. Two Volumes. Another account of whaling life by a man of scientific 

 training. 



Laing, John, "An Account of a Voyage to Spitzbergen," etc. London, 1815. 

 Written by the surgeon of the whale-ship Resolution, of Whitby, 1806- 

 1807. 



Davis, W. M., "Nimrod of the Sea; or, The American Whaleman." New 

 York, 1874. A good, trustworthy account of whaling life. 



Whitecar, W. B., Jr., "Four Years Aboard the Whaleship. Embracing 

 Cruises in the Pacific, Atlantic, Indian, and Antarctic Oceans, in the Years 

 1855, '6, '7, '8, '9." London and Philadelphia, i860. 



Olmsted, F. A., "Incidents of a Whaling Voyage." New York, 1841. 



NoRDHOFF, Charles, "Life on the Ocean: Being Sketches of Personal Ex- 

 perience in the United States Naval Service, the American and British Mer- 

 chant Marine, and the Whaling Service." Cincinnati, 1874. 



Hazen, Jacob A., "Five Years Before the Mast, or, Life in the Forecastle, 

 Aboard of a Whaler and Man-of-War." Philadelphia, 1854. 



Cheever, H. T., "The Whale and His Captors; or, The Whaleman's Adven- 

 tures, and the Whale's Biography, as Gathered on the Homeward Cruise of 

 the Commodore Preble." New York, 1850. 



Holmes, Lewis, "The Arctic Whaleman; or. Winter in the Arctic Ocean; 

 Being a Narrative of the Wreck of the Whale Ship Citizen, New Bedford, 

 . . . Sept. 25, 1852 . . . Together With a Brief History of Whaling." Bos- 

 ton, 1857. 



Chase, Owen, "Narrative of the Most Extraordinary and Distressing Ship- 

 wreck of the Whale-ship Essex, of Nantucket; . . . with an Account of the 

 Unparalleled Sufferings of the Captain and Crew During a Space of Ninety- 

 three Days at Sea in Open Boats, in the Years 1819 and 1820." New York, 

 1821. A plain, unadorned narrative of one of the most harrowing maritime 

 experiences on record. The author was first mate of the Essex. 



Lay, William and Hussey, C. M., "A Narrative of the Mutiny on Board the 

 Ship Globe, of Nantucket, in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 1824, and the Journal 



