ILLUSTRATIONS 



Portrait of the Author. 



The Ship "Swift" 



Wharf Scene at New Bedford — Whaler Just 



Arrived ....... 



"Blast the Boy ! I've Got a Pretty Drenching." 

 "What a Place to Learn the Ten Commandments 



by Heart" ..... 

 The Deck of a Whaler Just Arrived . 

 Cleaning Whalebone on a Whaler . 

 Right Whaling — Cutting in the Whalebone 

 Oil Stored Awaiting a Favorable Market . 

 The Fighting Whale .... 

 Sperm Whaling — The Chase . 

 The "Platina" Starting on a Three Years' 



Cruise ....... 



Cutting Hole Through Scalp For Head Chains 



Showing Bonnet .... 

 The Ship "Swift" off Pitcairn Island . 

 Old Whaler "Progress" on the Way to the 



World's Fair, 1876 . 



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