THE WHALEMAN; 



OR, 



NINE MONTHS IN THE AECTIC. 



CHAPTER I. 



Ship Citizen sails from New Bedford. — Captain, Officers, and Crew. 



— Interest centred in a Whale Ship. — Accompanying Ships. — 

 Seasickness and Homesickness. — Arrival at Cape Verd Islands. 



— An Agreement with Captain Sands, of the Ship Benjamin 

 Tucker. — Whales raised. — Christmas Supper on board of the 

 Citizen. — A Whale Scene. — "An ugly Customer." — A Whale 

 Incident, copied from the Vineyard Gazette. — Arrival at Hilo. — 

 Sandwich Islands. 



The whale ship Citizen, of New Bedford, 

 owned by J. Howland & Co., fitted for three or 

 four years, and bound to the North Pacific on a 

 whaling voyage, sailed from the port of New 

 Bedford, October 29, 1851. She was com- 

 manded by Thomas Howes Norton, of Edgar- 

 town, Martha's Vineyard. 



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