xii CONTENTS. 



PAOS 



flogging — A miserable crowd — Quite a fleet of whale-ships 

 — I " raise " a sperm whale — Severe competition — An 

 unfortunate stroke — The skipper distinguishes himself « 161 



CHAPTER XV. 



WHICH COMES UNCOMFORTABLY NEAR BEING THE LAST. 



I come to grief — ^Emulating Jonah — Sharing a flurry — A long 

 spell of sick-leave — The whale's " sixth sense " — Off to the 

 Kuriles — Prepare for " bowhead "-fishing — The Sea of 

 Okhotsk — Abundant salmon — The *' daintiness " of seamen 176 



CHAPTER XVI. 



" BOWHEAD " FISHma. 



Difference between whales — Popular ideas exploded — The gentle 

 mysticetus — Very tame work — Fond of tongue — Goliath 

 confides in me — An awful affair — Captain Slocum's death — 

 " Not Amurath an Amurath succeeds " — I am promoted . 191 



CHAPTER XVIL 



VISIT TO HONOLULU. 



Towards Honolulu — Missionaries and their critics — The happy 



Kanaka — Honolulu — A pleasant holiday . . . 206 



CHAPTER XVIII. 



ON THE " LINE " GROUNDS. 



I get my opportunity — A new harpooner — Feats under the 

 skipper's eye — Two whales on one line — Comphments — 

 Heavy towage — A grand haul . . . . .213 



CHAPTER XIX. 



EDGING SOUTHWARD. 



Monotony — A school of blackfish — A boat ripped in half — A 

 multitude of sharks — A curious backbone — Christmas Day — 

 A novel Christmas dinner — A find of ambergris . . 224 



