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NATURAL HISTORY 
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THE SPERM WHALE 
ITS ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOOD 
SPERMACETI— AMBERGRIS RISE AND PROGRESS OF THE FISHERY- 
CHASE AND CAPTURE “ CUTTING IN ” AND “TRYING OUT 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SHIPS, BOATS, .MEN, AND 
INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE ATTACK ; 
WITH AN ACCOUNT OF ITS FAVOURITE PLACES OF RESORT. 
TO WHICH IS ADDED, A SKETCH 
OF A 
SOUTH-SEA WHALING VOYAGE; 
EMBRACING A DESCRIPTION OF THE EXTENT, AS WELL 
AS THE ADVENTURES AND ACCIDENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING I ; 
VOYAGE IN WHICH THE AUTHOR WAS PERSONALLY LMGAG 
Bi r THOMAS BEALE, Surgeon, 
DEMONSTRATOR OF ANATOM^F'^O TH E ECLECTIC SOCIETY € -■' 
LONDON, ETC., AND LATE SURGEON TO 
THE “ KENT ” ANQ “ SARAH AND ELIZABETH/' SOUTH SEIM../: 
LONDON : 
JOHN VAN VOORST, 1, PATERNOSTER ROW 
M.DCCC.XXXi'X 
