196 THE WHALEMAN'S ADVENTURES. 



CHAPTEK XIV. 



REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE ANNALS OF 

 WHALING. 



" O'er the deep, o'er the deep ! 



Where the whale, and the shark, and the sword-fish sleep : 



On the craggy ice, in the frozen air, 



Heedless of dangers if game be hut there, 



Encountering all the great whale to snare," 



Anon. 



Remarkable events Loss of the Essex by a Whale Ships 

 destroyed by Whales Other Incidents Fearful Enterprise 

 Incidents of Whaling Dangers of the Fishery. 



rjlHE prodigious speed and strength of the 

 -*- gigantic whale, and the resulting danger 

 to his captors referred to, and exemplified in the 

 ]ast chapter, are practically illustrated by two 

 remarkable incidents, occurring, the one in the 

 English, and the other in the American whale 

 fishery. The record of the former is derived 

 from Captain Scoresby's account of " The Arctic 

 Eegions and Northern Whale Fishery." 



