CONTENTS. V 



CHAPTER VIII 



Gamming " Sail Ho ! The Betsy Ann Her Crew 

 A " Merchant Sailor " A Council A school of Whales 

 A race between two Whale boats The Offer to share 

 the Chances refused It is our Whale The Barza- 

 roota Islands Procuring Wood A strange Fish 

 Harpooning Hippopotami We cause one to "spout 

 blood" Tow it Ashore Hippopotamus Steak A 

 Night Visit to the Shore for the Purpose of Killing a 

 few Hippopotami, with its Results. .... 188 



CHAPTER IX. 



No Whales Tediousness of the Life Expedients to kill 

 Time The Habits of Sperm Whales Their Food 

 The Sperm Whale Squid Its Arms The Whale's Teeth, 

 and how it is supposed that he uses them Means of 

 Defense possessed by Whales The right Whale The 

 Humpback Quickness of Motion of a Sperm Whale 

 Lowering in a Calm Difficulty of approaching a Whale at 

 such a Time He Listens Sudden disappearance-^ 

 Chasing a gallied Whale Rainy Weather Bourbon 

 Determination to leave the Vessel at the first Opportu- 

 nity The Coast of Madagascar A Story of St. 

 Mary's Shoal. . 166 



CHAPTER X 



Something further concerning the habits of Whales 

 The Humpback Their liability to Sink when dead 

 Aptongil Bay Our Anchorage The denizens of the 

 Jungle Our first Whaling day A Word concerning 

 the Weather Actions of Whales Close of the first 

 Day The Night Another Deluge We get fast 

 The Whale spouts Blood Tenacity of Life Towinur - 

 dead Whale Cutting in Trying out A "Cow an 



