SKETCH OF 
A SOUTH-SEA WHALING VOYAGE, 
PART II. 
INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 
Having given all the information in my power upon 
the various subjects embraced by the preceding portion 
of this work, I could not consider the volume complete 
if left without an account of the various parts of the 
world to which whalers resort for the purpose of best 
carrying their designs into execution, and of the adven- 
tures and accidents which oftentimes befal them in their 
arduous exertions to obtain a useful termination to their 
voyage. 
If any apology for the insertion of this sketch could 
be thought necessary, I would only remind the reader 
of the many thousands who are directly or indirectly 
dependent on the produce of the spermaceti whale 
fishery for their support, and of the many anxious 
persons who are constantly stretching their imaginations 
into the distant regions of the South Seas in search of 
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