x CONTENTS. 



CHAPTER X. 



CONQUEST AND DISPOSAL OF A BULL WHALE. 



Off the Rio de la Plata Gauge and Dimensions of a conquer- 

 ed Sperai Whale Cavity of the Cranium a Shop for the 

 Phrenologist Way of disposing the vast Bulk of the Head 

 Surfeit of Birds and Capers of Sharks Hazards and Toil 

 of Whalemen little known by those whose Lamps they are 

 lighting at Home Oily Processes Sperm Candle Manu- 

 factories Avenues and Limits of New England Enter- 

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CHAPTER XI. 



AUTHENTIC TRAGEDIES AND PERILS OF THE WHALING SERVICE. 



Contrasted Lights and Shadows, Good and Evil, in the Life 

 of a Whaleman Boats gone and Man Overboard Dread 

 Thoughts and Prospects Phantasms of the Darkness 

 Return of the Boats and Loss of poor Berry Horrible Dis- 

 covery by a Whaler in the Seas of Greenland A Charnel 

 Ship An awful Warning Rime of the Ancient Mariner 



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CHAPTER XII. 



YARNS FROM THE EXPERIENCE OF OLD WHALEMEN. 



An old Man's Yarn Spun out of the Recollections of Whaling 

 Life in Youth Boat tapped by a Whale Lancing Deep 

 Captain and Boat-steerer plunged into the Brine Way to 

 mend a stoven Boat in an Emergency Reward of Courage 

 and Patience Dead Spermaceti Whale A Windfall to the 

 Cremona Exciting Chase for a Whale between Ships of 

 four Nations Romance of Rival Whaling Victory to the 

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