CONTENTS 



PAGE 



Himself 1 



I 

 EUROPEAN WHALING 



I. Whalers of Long Ago 15 



IL Spitzbergen and the Dutch Preeminence . 21 



IIL England's Struggles 36 



IV. "Reported Missing" 44 



V. The South Seas and the Norwegians . . 57 



II 



AMERICAN WHALING 



I. 'Longshore 69 



II. Offshore 75 



III. The Revolution 82 



IV. In THE Doldrums 87 



V. Technique 99 



VL The War OF 1812 113 



VII. Is the Whale A Fish? 120 



VIII. The "Globe" Mutiny 127 



IX. Fisherman's Luck 145 



X. All in the Day's Work 159 



XL Enemies, Vulnerable and Invulnerable . 174 



XII. The Gold Rush 190 



XIII. Life on Board and Off ,, . . 197 



XIV. A Boy Who Went Whaling 208 



XV. The Civil War 223 



XVI. The "Minnesota" and Other Unfortunates 239 



XVII. The Arctic Disasters . 258 



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