CONTENTS. 15 



— Either lost or frozen up in the Arctic. — Supposed Fate of Officers 

 and Crew. — Distressing Suspense. — Hoping against Hope. — Prayer 

 answered. — The first Intelligence from the Citizen. — Joy in Fami- 

 lies. — Captain Norton's Arrival at Home, and subsequently the Arri- 

 val of his Officers belonging to this Place 214 



CHAPTER XIII. 



The Ocean. — The Seaman's Home. — Confidence of the Mariner in his 

 Ship. — Shipwreck. — Moral and religious Claims of Seamen. — The 

 Spirit of the Age. — Interest in the Mariner's Meeting. — Seaport 

 Places. — Sudden Intelligence. — Seamen remembered elsewhere. — 

 Ships supplied with Books. — Bible and Tract Societies. — Good Seed 

 sown. — Field for Usefulness. — The American Seaman. — Concert of 

 Prayer. — All interested. — The most important Reform for Seamen. 226 



HISTORY AND DETAILS OF WHALING. 



CHAPTER I. 



Whale Fishery. — Its Origin. — Where first carried on. — By whom. — 

 Whaling in the Northern Ocean by the Dutch and English. — Conten- 

 tions between them. — The Success of the Dutch. — Its Commence- 

 ment in New England. — "London Documents." — The first Whale 

 Scene in Nantucket. — Boat Whaling. — The Number of Whales 

 taken in one Day. — The first Spermaceti Whale. — The Interest it 

 excited. — Its supposed Value. — The first Sperm Whale captured. — 

 New Life to the Business. — Whaling in Massachusetts in 1771-75. — 

 Burke's Eulogy on New England Whalers. — Sperm Whaling in 

 Great Britain. — Revived in France. — The American and French 

 Revolutions nearly destroyed the Business. — Loss to Nantucket. — 

 Its Commencement in New Bedford. — Tabular View of the Number 

 of Vessels engaged in Whaling, and Places to which they belong. . 241 



CHAPTER II. 



The Whale. — Its Zoology. — The largest known Animal. — Sperm 

 Whale. — Right Whale. — Finback. — Bowhead 250 



