CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER XV. 



Enormous Supply of Blood in the Whale. Sir John Hunter's Views. 

 Whales' Spouts. The Life. Spouting thick Blood, dies of Suffocation. 

 Flurry. Fin out. Telegraphing: The "Glip," or Wake. "Lob- 

 tailing." "Breaching" and "Sounding." Turning Flukes. Regular- 

 ity in the Spouting, Time of Blowing, Submergence, and Speed of 

 Whales discussed. Description of Spout. Errors of Naturalists on the 

 Spout. Skin of Whale. Flesh and Blood. Their Young. Period of 

 Gestation. Whale's Office in the Millennium. Age of Whales measured 

 by the Teeth. Sand-marks on the Teeth as affecting Question of Food. 

 Settling of Whales. Size of Whales and their Proportions. My Views 

 indorsed by old Whalemen. Jumper, and Captain Scott, R.N. Captain 

 Basil Hall's return from Dinner ashore, and what- he saw. Power of 

 Whales to remain under Water at Will, and Captain West's Opinion. 

 Opinions of Captains Gardener, Covill, and West. No Blood in the 

 Whale's immense Case and Junk. Queries suggested thereby on Cir- 

 culation and Animal Heat. Offices of the Oil glanced at. Cold Cur- 

 rents of the Pacific. Sperm-whales frequent these Page 175 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Loss of Ship Union by a Whale. Captain G 's Experience with a 



Sperm-whale. Whaling favorable to Longevity. Monument in Sag 

 Harbor to six young Captains proves the Contrary. Loss of a whole 

 Boat's Crew. Captain Henry Huntting and his good Fortune. Captain 

 James Huntting carried down by a Whale, and cutting Line. One of 

 his Crew recovered from the Line, and improvised Surgery 190 



CHAPTER XVII. 



A Quarrel, and Knife drawn. Portuguese flogged, and Reflections thereon. 

 Sunday on Board, and Library. Religion on Board. Pythagoras on 

 Board. The Providence for Sailors. Books in Demand, and Kind. 

 Chips and his Journal. Chips in the Battle of Plattsburg. His Views 

 of the Sabbath. Right-whale Porpoise taken. Five hours' Chase un- 

 successful. Another Chase successful. Rock of Dunda mistaken for a 

 Ship. Fishing off Abington Island. Second Visit to Cocos Island. 

 Hector, of New Bedford. Hunt for wild Hogs 198 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



Race with the Hector. Alternate Success. Our final Triumph. Bone- 

 shark. Anchored at Charles Island. No Water, no Woman, and took 

 to Fishing. Elmira, Captain Marchant, and Preparations for a Fandan- 

 go. Governor Villamill comes on Board, and Captain gives all Hands a 

 Drink by Proxy. Details on Defense, and how the Yankees did it. 

 Hunt a Bull. Hunted in Turn. Bull killed, and a Row 208 



