SCOTTISH WHALER 'ECLIPSE.' 



CHAPTER X. 



WHALING. 



THE pursuit of the Right whale in the Arctic seas calls into 

 play all the instincts and resources of the hunter; the dangers 

 of ice and climate add zest to the chase, while the value 

 of the quarry is the incentive which has brought forth all the 

 daring and ingenuity of the whaler in his efforts to capture this 

 most valuable and wary animal, and has caused him to assume 

 risks unequalled in any other calling. The capture of a single 

 whale repays the expenditure incurred in outfitting a steam 

 whaling ship, and if more than one is killed on the voyage, it 



