CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XIX. 



Post-office of the Galapagos. Senora Villamill's Monkey. Farewell to 

 the Galapagos. An unfortunate and mutinous Ship. The wide range 

 of Whalemen. Burke's Eulogy on American Whalemen. The Mutiny. 

 Bingham's Row with second Mate. Council of War in Forecastle. 

 The difficult Decision. Man tied up. Hans returns Good for Evil, and 

 strikes back, and Row generally. The Captain slashes round... Page 220 



CHAPTER XX. 



The Captain's Law. Man cut down. Ship adrift with Yards aback. 

 Men refuse Duty, and still drifting. The "Round Robin." Make sail 

 for Sandwich Islands. The Treaty, and a Peace-offering. Remarkable 

 Tenacity of Life in Sperm-whale. Finback. Gam with Adeline Gibbs, 

 Captain West. Greenwich and Mean Time compared. Fighting 

 Sperm-whale of the Galapagos. A Yankee Trick on a Whale. How 

 Whalemen are made: Cabin-boy at ten, Master at twenty-two. Love 

 of the Profession. The Sailor dreams he is Captain, and goes on a 

 Whale. Shyness of Whales rather than diminished Numbers length- 

 ens Voyages. Balloon suggested to take Whales. Water-spouts dis- 

 cussed. Mowee raised, and anchored at Honolulu. Sad History of 

 the Washonk. Slaughter of the Crew, and recovery of the Ship. 

 Smuggling Rum on Board. Pig-headed Perversity 229 



CHAPTER XXI. 



Angling for Sharks. Shark in Stays. Carpenter of the Jolly Ananias and 

 unfortunate Shark. Land-sharks dealing with our Crew. Consular Bru- 

 tality and Injustice. Six Months in an Indian Fort awarded. A surly 

 Crew at the Windlass. Captain's Speech, and Comments. Our Kanaka 

 Crew. Speed of Whales argued. The Run described. Coughs and 

 Colds. ^-General Wretchedness. Tropical Rains and Water-spouts. 

 Want of Faith in Science avowed. Job on Rain and bad Weather. 248 



CHAPTER XXII. 



Water-spout described. Query: Effect on Newton's Theory. Kanaka 

 Hymns. Stupor and Gloom. The old Woman's Curse. Flying-fish. 

 Dolphin. Albicore a sign of Whales. Angling for Albicore. Poison- 

 ous Fish. Influence of the Moon on Fish and Men. A benevolent 

 Enemy. Scrimshoning and Pigs. The Pig as a Pillow. Man-of-war 

 Hawk. Strange Companionship at Mast-head 258 



CHAPTER XXIII. 



New Theory of the Flight of Birds. The Bird a Balloon. Adventure Avith 

 a Shark, and a Man in Danger. Questioning Darwinian Theory. 

 Grinding Crow-bars to Sail-needles. A Gam of Whales, and five killed. 



