CONTENTS 



CHAPTER PAGE 



I Bearings 3 



Tart I: jQ,auncJoing 



II The European Background . . . .18 



III Whaling in the Colonies . . . • 23 



IV From Doldrums to Stu'n's'ls . . -34 



Tart II: Full Sail 



V Forecastle and Cabin . 



VI The Whaleman Ashore 



VII At Sea: On Passage . 



VIII At Sea : On the Whaling Grounds 



IX Hazards and Compensations 



X Earnings and the Lay . 



XI Debits and Credits 



XII Profits and the Counting-Room . 



48 



84 



114 



143 

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 217 

 244 



272 



Tart III: "Derelict 



XIII Civil War, Petroleum, and the Arctic . 289 



XIV Disintegration and Decay .... 302 



Appendix 309 



Bibliography 336 



Index 349 



