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 "VVest's Opinion. — 

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

 Whale's immense Case and Junk. — Queries suggested thei'eby 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, 



Spenn-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 XVn. ' 



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 Plattsbnrg. — His Views 

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

 successful. — Another Chase successful. — Bock of Dunda mistaken for a 

 Ship. — Fishing off Abingtou Island. — Second Visit to Cocos Island. — 

 Hector, of New Bedford. — Hunt for wild Hogs 198 



CHAPTER XVIIL 



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 thg Yankees did it. — 

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



