The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean
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A Whale biting a Boat in two.
OR,
WINTER IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN:
BEING A NARRATIVE OF THE WRECK OF THE WHALE SHIP CITIZEN, OF NEW BEDFORD, IN THE ARCTIC OCEAN, LAT. 68° 10' N., LON. 180° W., SEPT. 25, 1852, COMMANDED BY THOMAS HOWES NORTON, OF EDGARTOWN, AND THE SUBSEQUENT SUFFERINGS OF HER OFFICERS AND CREW DURING NINE MONTHS AMONG THE NATIVES.
TOGETHER WITH
A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHALING.
BY REV. LEWIS HOLMES.
BOSTON: WENTWORTH & COMPANY, 86 Washington Street. 1857.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1857, by Wentworth & Company, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE BOSTON STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.
TO WHALEMEN, IN WHOSE EMPLOYMENT, DARING ADVENTURES, AND MANY DEPRIVATIONS, THE AUTHOR FEELS A DEEP INTEREST, This Volume IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED.
Lewis Holmes
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THEIR MANNER OF CAPTURING THE WHALE.
PREPARING THEIR FOOD.
HUTS.
THE METHOD OF LIGHTING THEIR HUTS.
THE HEALTH OF THE NATIVES.
DISEASES.
BURIAL CEREMONY.
MARRIAGES.
GENERAL APPEARANCE.
PROPERTY.
LANGUAGE.
ICEBERGS.
A CASE OF POISONING.
THE MANNER OF KILLING DUCKS AND OTHER FOWL PRACTICED BY THE NATIVES.
AMUSEMENTS AMONG THE NATIVES.
VEGETATION.
THE FACE OF THE COUNTRY.
FISH.
FOWL.
LIFE AMONG THE FLOWERS.
HAPPY HOURS AT HAZEL NOOK.
THE YOUNG MAN'S FRIEND.
THE CLOVEN FOOT.
PIONEER HEROES OF THE NEW WORLD,
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