The Arctic Whaleman
by Lewis Holmes
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About this eBook
- Author
- Holmes, Lewis
- Title
- The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean
- Credits
- Produced by Charlie Howard and 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
- G: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation
- Subject
- Citizen (Ship : 1851-1852)
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 43959
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/43959
- Release Date
- October 15, 2013
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE ARCTIC WHALEMAN;
- 2.PREFACE.
- 3.ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 4.CONTENTS.
- 5.INTRODUCTION.
- 6.THE WHALEMAN; OR, NINE MONTHS IN THE ARCTIC.
- 7.CHAPTER I.
- 8.CHAPTER II.
- 9.CHAPTER III.
- 10.CHAPTER IV.
- 11.CHAPTER V. — Card.
- 12.CHAPTER VI. — THEIR MANNER OF CAPTURING THE WHALE. — PREPARING THEIR FOOD. — HUTS. — THE METHOD OF LIGHTING THEIR HUTS.
- 13.CHAPTER VII. — THE HEALTH OF THE NATIVES. — DISEASES. — BURIAL CEREMONY. — MARRIAGES. — GENERAL APPEARANCE. — PROPERTY. — LANGUAGE. — ICEBERGS. — A CASE OF POISONING.
- 14.CHAPTER VIII.
- 15.CHAPTER IX.
- 16.CHAPTER X. — THE MANNER OF KILLING DUCKS AND OTHER FOWL PRACTICED BY THE NATIVES. — AMUSEMENTS AMONG THE NATIVES. — VEGETATION. — THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY. — FISH. — FOWL.
- 17.CHAPTER XI.
- 18.CHAPTER XII.
- 19.CHAPTER XIII.
- 20.A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHALING, WITH SOME OF ITS INTERESTING DETAILS.
- 21.CHAPTER I.
- 22.CHAPTER II.
- 23.CHAPTER III.
- 24.CHAPTER IV.
- 25.CHAPTER V.
- 26.CHAPTER VI.
- 27.CHAPTER VII.
- 28.FOOTNOTES
- 29.SOME OF WENTWORTH & CO.'S PUBLICATIONS. — LIFE AMONG THE FLOWERS. — HAPPY HOURS AT HAZEL NOOK. — LOVE EACH OTHER, OR STRIVE TO BE GOOD. — ANGEL WHISPERS, OR THE ECHO OF SPIRIT VOICES. — THE CHRISTIAN COUNSELLOR, OR JEWELS FOR THE HOUSEHOLD. — FLEETWOOD'S LIFE OF OUR LORD AND SAVIOR JESUS CHRIST. — DAUGHTERS OF THE CROSS, OR WOMAN'S MISSION. — THE YOUNG MAN'S FRIEND. — THE OASIS, OR GOLDEN LEAVES OF FRIENDSHIP. — THE CLOVEN FOOT. — HISTORY OF DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES. — A NEW PICTORIAL HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. — PIONEER HEROES OF THE NEW WORLD,
- 30.Transcriber's Notes
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