CONTENTS. xi 



CHAPTER XIII. 



PECULIAR VOCABULARY AND HAZARDS OF WHALEMEN. 



Whaleman's Contribution for an Appendix to Webster's Dic- 

 tionary A Treatise on Gamming Savory Comparisons 

 Appalling Forms of Danger encountered by Whalemen 

 Singular Exploit of a Bull Whale Difference between 

 rational Conjecture and melancholy Fact Effect produced 

 by Familiarity with Danger Page 203 



CHAPTER XIV. 



REMARKABLE EVENTS IN THE ANNALS OF WHALING. 



Facts from which to estimate the prodigious Speed and 

 Strength of the Whale Terrible Destruction of the Essex 

 by being run upon by a Sperm Whale Sufferings and Fate 

 of the Crew Similar Catastrophe to the Union and a 

 Merchant Brig Remarkable Adventures and Escape A 

 lone Boat demolished by a Whale fifteen Miles from the 

 Ship Prayer of the doomed Mariners Unexpected De- 

 liverance A Whale-boat driven into a Whale's Mouth 

 The Leap and the Rescue A hard Life and the Characters 

 it forms The Virtues that are found growing in a Whale 

 Ship The Life to live 211 



CHAPTER XV. 



CLAIMS AND ADVANTAGES OF THE SABBATH IN A WHALE SHIP. 



A flagrant Abuse of the Lord's Day Estimated Number of 

 Persons employed in the Whale Fishery Sabbath-break- 

 ing Usages to which they are subjected on Board Ship 

 Sundry common Excuses in its Defense Ten Propositions 

 in ReplyOpposite Instances of Sabbath Breakers The 

 Godliness Satan is pleased with Schoolcraft on the Sab- 

 bathZest after Rest Charge to the Sabbath Keeper. 230 



