Catching of the whale and seal
by Anonymous
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About this eBook
- Author
- Anonymous
- Title
- Catching of the whale and seal : or, Henry Acton's conversation to his son William on the whale and seal fishery
- Original Publication
- Salem, MA: Ives and Jewett, 1838.
- Credits
- The Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- SH: Agriculture: Aquaculture, Fisheries, Angling
- Subject
- Whales
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 72862
- Release Date
- February 3, 2024
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.CATCHING OF THE WHALE AND SEAL; OR, HENRY ACTON’S CONVERSATION TO HIS SON WILLIAM ON THE Whale and Seal Fishery.
- 2.CONTENTS.
- 3.NATURAL HISTORY OF THE WHALE.
- 4.CHAPTER I. THE DIFFERENT AND MOST REMARKABLE SPECIES OF THE WHALE TRIBE.
- 5.CHAPTER II. MODE OF LIVING—MANNER OF TAKING THEIR FOOD, &c.
- 6.CHAPTER III. THE TAKING OF A WHALE WITH HER YOUNG—ITS ENEMIES, &c.
- 7.CHAPTER IV. BOATS—HAND HARPOON—BLUBBER LANCE—GUN HARPOON—MANNER OF TAKING THE WHALE, &c.
- 8.CHAPTER V. PROCEEDINGS AFTER A WHALE IS KILLED.
- 9.CATCHING SEAL ON THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC.
- 10.CHAPTER VI. THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SEALS—THE FISHERY ON THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC, &c.
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