Chapter VIII

Provisions of the Natives getting low.--New Calamity threatened.
--Health and Strength failing.--Necessity of seeking other
Quarters.--The only Alternative.--Report of a Wreck.--
Parties leave.--Dreadful Traveling and Exposures.--Report by
the Natives that our Men were frozen to Death.--An Instance of
Treachery.--The Captain and his Party leave.--The Weather.--
Traveling.--Thoughts of Home.--Preservation.--One of the
Party unable to walk.--Left behind.--Found by the Natives.--
The Fate before us.--Division of the Biscuit.--Another fails,
sits down, and is frozen to Death.--Reflections.--Captain
Norton encourages his only remaining Companion.--Singular
Appearance upon the Ice.--Dog Teams.--Part of Mr. Fisher's
Company.--Encouragement to our Minds.--Natives unwilling to
help us.--The Danger of Riding.--Last Effort.--The Music of
Barking Dogs.--Our Manner of Traveling.--Dreadful Condition
of our Feet.--Captain Norton falls exhausted.--Native
Kindness. 149

CHAPTER IX.

Mr. Fisher's Party a short Distance from this Settlement.--Next
Day left for another Settlement.--Our Men arriving in small
Companies.--Health improving.--Cross the River.--No Signs
of Water.--Settlement.--Ham.--The Wreck of a New Bedford
Ship.--When lost, and the Circumstances.--Travel to another
Settlement.--The head Man a savage Fellow.--Traveling towards
East Cape.--Seaboard Route.--Natives kind.--Begging by the
Way.--The Whale Boat.--The Broadside of a Ship.--Ship in
the Ice.--Drift Stuff.--Sun's Reflection.--Sore Eyes.--
Snow Blindness.--The Blind led with Strings.--Partial Remedy.
--East Cape reached.--Cordially received by the Natives. 169

CHAPTER X.

East Cape, a Point of Observation.--The greater Part of our Men
gathered here.--The _Kanaka_.--Weather softening.--Ice
still firm.--Arctic Scenes.--Icequakes.--Migratory Fowl.
--A Whale discovered.--Gala Time among the Natives.--The
Natives thorough Drinkers.--A drunken "Spree."--Cruise into
the Country.--Birds-egging.--Incidents.--Native Manner of
killing Fowl.--Amusements of the Natives.--Vegetation.--
Face of the Country.--Fish.--Fowl.--The Ochotsk Sea and
Country. 179

CHAPTER XI.

The Ocean still frozen over on the 22d of June.--On the 24th
the Ice began to break up.--Whales appear.--Walrus follow
the Ice.--Daily looking for Ships.--Report of our Wreck
five hundred Miles below East Cape.--Method of sending News
by the Natives.--Ships notified of our Condition.--How.--
The Resolution of Captains Jernegan and Goosman.--Arrival of
two Ships off East Cape.--Natives first spy them.--Stir in
the Settlement.--Happy Day of Deliverance.--Words feeble to
express our Joy.--A fit Occasion for Gratitude and Thanks to
God.--Preparations to go on board.--The Welcome of Captain
Goosman.--Captain Norton with Captain Jernegan.--Crew
collected.--Changed our native for sailor Dress.--Liberality
of the Officers and Crews in furnishing Clothes.--A Review of
the Past.--The Settlement visited.--Dinner.--Arrival at the
Islands.--A Card. 197

CHAPTER XII.

A Whaling Community.--Interest felt for absent Ones.--The first
Intelligence from the Whaling Fleet.--California Mail.--
Further News from the Islands.--"Missing Ships."--No Report of
the Citizen.--No Letters.--Fears as to her Safety.--When
last spoken with.--Either lost or frozen up in the Arctic.
--Supposed Fate of Officers and Crew.--Distressing Suspense.
--Hoping against Hope.--Prayer answered.--The first
Intelligence from the Citizen.--Joy in Families.--Captain
Norton's Arrival at Home, and subsequently the Arrival of his
Officers belonging to this Place. 214

CHAPTER XIII.

The Ocean.--The Seaman's Home.--Confidence of the Mariner in
his Ship.--Shipwreck.--Moral and religious Claims of Seamen.
--The Spirit of the Age.--Interest in the Mariner's Meeting.
--Seaport Places.--Sudden Intelligence.--Seamen remembered
elsewhere.--Ships supplied with Books.--Bible and Tract
Societies.--Good Seed sown.--Field for Usefulness.--The
American Seaman.--Concert of Prayer.--All interested.--The
most important Reform for Seamen. 226

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HISTORY AND DETAILS OF WHALING.

CHAPTER I.

Whale Fishery.--Its Origin.--Where first carried on.--By
whom.--Whaling in the Northern Ocean by the Dutch and English.
--Contentions between them.--The Success of the Dutch.--
Its Commencement in New England.--"London Documents."--The
first Whale Scene in Nantucket.--Boat Whaling.--The Number
of Whales taken in one Day.--The first Spermaceti Whale.--
The Interest it excited.--Its supposed Value.--The first
Sperm Whale captured.--New Life to the Business.--Whaling
in Massachusetts in 1771-75.--Burke's Eulogy on New England
Whalers.--Sperm Whaling in Great Britain.--Revived in
France.--The American and French Revolutions nearly destroyed
the Business.--Loss to Nantucket.--Its Commencement in New
Bedford.--Tabular View of the Number of Vessels engaged in
Whaling, and Places to which they belong. 241

CHAPTER II.

The Whale.--Its Zoology.--The largest known Animal.--Sperm
Whale.--Right Whale.--Finback.--Bowhead. 250

CHAPTER III.

Whale Blubber.--Enemies of the Whale.--Affection of the Whale
for its Young.--Instances. 256

CHAPTER IV.

Whale Grounds.--Whaling Seasons, and where Species of Whales
are found.--Sperm Whale Grounds.--Right Whale Grounds.--
Humpbacks and Bowheads, where found.--Right Whale not crossing
the Equator.--Arctic Passage for Whales.--Maury's Opinion of
the Haunts of the Whale in the Polar Sea.--Confirmed by Dr.
Kane.--Vessels fitted for Whaling.--Several Classes.--Time
of Sailing.--Arrival at Home.--Length of Voyages.--Seasons
and between Seasons. 262

CHAPTER V.

Increased Length of Whaling Voyages.--Capital.--Value of Oils
and Bone.--Value of several Classes of Whaling Vessels.--"Lay."
--Boat's Crew.--Whaleboats.--Approaching a Whale.--
Harpooning.--Whale Warp.--Danger when the Line runs out.--
Locomotive Power of the Whale.--Lancing.--Flurry.--Cutting
in.--Boiling out.--The "Case and Junk."--The Rapidity with
which Oil may be taken. 268

CHAPTER VI.

Outfitting and Infitting.--"Runners."--Remedy.--Articles of
Clothing.--Whaling Business.--Promotion.--Whale Killing.--
Dangers.--General Success of the Enterprise. 276

CHAPTER VII.

The Manufacture of Oil. 288