CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER I. 



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

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

 ness and Homesickness. — Arrival at Cape Verd Islands. — An Agree- 

 ment 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 Vine- 

 yard Gazette. — Arrival at Hilo. — Sandwich Islands. . . .25 



CHAPTER II. 



Recruited for the Arctic. — Departure. — Coast of Kamtschatka. — 

 Copper Island. — Going into the Ice with Captain Crosby. — Gale of 

 Wind. — Dangerous Sailing in the Ice. — Captain Thaddeus. — Bay of 

 the Holy Cross. — Plover Bay. — Dead Whale. — St. Lawrence Bay. — 

 Whales working north. — Loose, floating Ice. — Ice covered with 

 Walrus. — Fine Weather. — Striking an Iceberg.— Ship leaking. — 

 Return to St. Lawrence Bay. — Damage repaired. — Arrival in the 

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CHAPTER III. 



Northern Lights.— High Winds. — Spoke with Captain Clough.— 

 Ships seen in the Distance. — Storm increasing. — No Observations. — 



Blowing heavily. — Scene awfully sublime. — Ship struck by a Sea 



Shoal Water. — Rocks and Breakers. — Ship unmanageable. — Fore 

 and mizzen Topsails carried away. — Ship striking astern, bow, and 

 midships. — Foremast cut away. — Narrow Escape of Captain Nor- 

 ton. — Mizzenmast gone by the Board. — Sad Condition of the Sea- 

 men. — Land in Sight — Ship drifting towards the Shore. — Under- 

 tow. — The Lantern Keg. — Mainmast cut away, and falling towards 



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