INDEX

A
Accounts, difficulties in the, [43]
Aften-mad, [72]
Alexandra Whaling Station, [63], [67]
Allan, Miss Sheila, [108]
Ambergris, [22], [159], [314]
Ammunition, [40]
Anatomy of a whale, [159]
Anchor, accident to our, [46]
Arctic and Antarctic compared, [187], [189]
Arctic Fox, [278]
Arctic grouse, [278]
Ardnamurchan, [107]
Azores, the, [165]
B
Balæna, the, [51], [104]
Balæna Mysticetus, [21], [312]
Balænoptera Borealis, [69]
Balænoptera musculus, [17]
Balænoptera Sibbaldii, the, [17]
Baleen or whalebone, [313]
Balkan, Mrs, [31]
Balta Sound, [14]
Bear and cubs, [258]
Bear-hunting, accidents in, [225]
Bear yams, [216]
Bearded seal, [269]
Bears, stalking, [193];
dangers, [194], [196];
size and weight, [198];
stalking, [199], [200];
lassoing, [210], [213], [214], [215], [216], [217], [224], [227], [241], [247]
Belfast, [116]
Birthday celebration, a, [105]
Blowing up, [87]
Blue seal, [269]
Blue sharks, [162]
Bottle-nose whale, [282]
Bowhead or Right whale, [21]
Bressay Light, [55]
Britannia Club, the, [31]
Bruce, Dr W. S., [179]
Bull-fight on deck, [262]
Bull versus bear, [285]
C
Cabins, [28]
Cachalot, [18]
Cachés, [215]
Calving bergs, [271]
Caribou and whale, colours of the, [94]
Carros, [166]
Case or forehead, [160]
Casperg, Captain, [89]
Chanteys, [102]
Christiania Fiord, [27]
Clarence Island, [31]
Clothes, darned and patched, [73]
Cod liver oil, [208]
Colla Firth, [18]
Colours in Arctic regions, [192]
Colours of the sea, [77]
Colours of the whale, [93]
Cormorants and gulls, [60]
Cormorants, on cooking, [65]
“Cruise of the Cachalot,” the, [22]
Cubs, lassoing, [264]
Customs officers, [58]
Cutting up a whale, [159]
Cuttlefish and whales, [254]
D
Dangers of whaling, [89], [260]
De Gisbert, F. A., [180]
Dolphins, [127]
Dreams, [227]
Drimnin, [108]
Dundee whalers, [21]
E
Embryos of whale, [94]
Engine troubles, [50], [148]
Explosive bombs, [23]
F
Factories, shore and floating, [313]
Falkland Islands, [24], [314]
Finners, [312]
Flippers of seal, [240]
Fogs, Arctic, [279]
Fonix, the, [180], [181]
Food of the whale, [254]
Football, [219]
Foyn, his wife and a whale, [232];
diplomatic steward, [233]
Fuel, oil, [28]
Fulmar petrels, [212]
Funchal, [165]
G
Gear for raising dead whale, [87]
Geraniums, [165]
Gisbert and the bear, [216]
Graham’s Land, [23]
Grampuses, [148]
Greenland, [267]
Greenland whales, [24]
Greenland Right whale fishing, [21], [312]
Guano, [24], [84], [313]
Gun, the harpoon, [29]
Gun and harpoon, old style, [231]
Gun, loading the, [88]
Guns, light versus heavy, [222]
H
Haldane family, stories of the, [66]
Haldane, R. C., [64]
Haldane, the, [17]
Hamilton, C. A., [180]
Hansen and the bear, [217]
Harp seals, [258], [275]
Harpoons, [29], [312]
Hawsers for big whales, [24]
Head of whale, [90]
Heavy seas, [122]
Henriksen, [18], [19], [29], [32], [119]
Henriksen, Harold, [29]
Herring-hog or springer, [69]
Hospitality, Norwegian, [34]
Hydrangeas, [139]
I
Ice colours, [201]
Ice floes, [248]
Icebergs, [187]
Ivory gull, [182-212]
J
Jackaranda, the, [165]
Japanese whaling grounds, [18], [57]
Jensen’s store, [33]
K
Killer, A, [47]
Knarberg, [39]
L
Lagopus hemilencurus or Arctic grouse, [278]
Lancing a whale, [93]
Larsen, Captain, [41], [316]
Lasso practice, [250]
Lassoing a bear, [210], [285]
Leigh Smith, [215]
Lerwick, [54], [55]
Lifeboat, an extravagant, [51]
Lighthouses, [106]
Lochend, [18], [65]
M
Mackerel, killing, [72]
Madeira, flowers, [165];
tunny-fishing, [166];
sunrise, [168];
boats, [169]
Magazine ship, [24]
Magnus Andersen, [60]
Mainmast, our, [41]
Meals on a whaler, [71]
Measurement of bears, [238]
Meat meal, whale, [313]
Mess-room and galley, [28], [49]
Middag-mad, [71]
Mishnish Hotel, the, [113]
“Modern Whales,” [22], [24]
Monaco, Prince of, [94]
Motor versus steam-engine, [106]
Motor whaler, a, [19]
N
Narwhal-fishing, dangers of, [238]
Narwhals, [204], [228], [229], [234], [237]
Natural colours and surroundings, [200]
New Bedford sailing ships, [21]
Nordcapper, the, [26]
Norse sporting guns, [121]
Norwegian ladies, [30]
Norwegian pilot-boats, [18]
O
Oban, [110]
Oil and coal, [117]
Oil, value of, [83], [84]
Oil, whale, [24]
“Old man Henriksen,” [43]
Orca gladiator, the, [47]
P
Partings, [45]
Pet bear, a, [257]
Pilot-fish, [162]
Pine trunk, a drifting, [220]
Phosphorescent sea, a, [124]
Photography, [245]
Physeter Macrocephalus, [69]
Plankton, [253]
Pod or herd, [92]
“Polar Research,” Bruce’s, [192]
Ponta Delgada, arcade, [132];
boats, [133];
fish, [135];
Robert’s café, [136];
a wreck, [135];
hydrangeas, [139];
shops, [140];
the Atlantico, [140];
dress, [141];
whales, [142];
the sea, [143];
the Seven Cities, [151]
Port and starboard bears, our, [265]
Protective colouring, [192], [276]
Pussy finger, [209]
R
Ramna Stacks, the, [100]
Red-tape entanglements, [60]
Registration bothers, [60]
Restrictions, [83]
Richardson’s skua, [212]
Right whale, [21]
Robertson, Captain T., [25]
Romance of the sea, [129]
Rorquals, [19], [312]
Runners, [119]
Ryvingen Light, the, [47]
S
Saga, Jansen’s, [34]
St Ebba, the, [19], [27], [35], [38], [48], [97]
St Abb’s Whaling Limited, [315]
San Miguel, [130]
Scoresby, [179]
Sea legs, [157]
Sea-sick crew, a, [48]
Seal-hunting, [208]
Sealers, [183]
Seals, Arctic and Antarctic, [188]
Seals, Vitulina, [191];
Phoca Barbata, [197];
Cystophora Cristata, [203];
blue, [269];
Barbata, [269];
harp, [275]
Seven Cities, the, [151]
Seychelles, the, [176], [315]
She-cook, our, [206]
Sharks, [159], [207], [208]
Shetlands in pawn, the, [60]
Shoppie, a, [125]
Shore stations, [24]
Sing-song, a, [99]
Sorrensen, the brothers, [31]
South Georgia, [31]
South Shetlands, the, [31]
Spanish National Polar Expedition, [180]
Sperm or Cachalot whale, [22], [312]
Spitzbergen ice, [287]
Sports on the ice, [279]
Spotted mackerel, [169]
Spy, a, [113]
Squalus Borealis, [207]
Stalking and being stalked, [199]
Starboard bear, the, [263]
Strength of the bear, [245]
Sumburgh Head, [55]
Sunday observance, [125]
Sven Foyn’s harpoons, [23], [312]
Svendsen, [180]
T
Tackle for whaling, [232]
“Tail up,” [88]
Tail of a whale, the, [87]
Tanks, [28]
Teeth of seals, [269]
Tobermory, [108]
Tongue of the whale, [254]
Tonsberg, [19], [21], [27], [30], [33];
whaling industry, [233]
Torp, Captain, death of, [89]
Trammel net, a, [134]
Trolle, Captain, [179]
Trouble with captive bears, [248]
Tunny, [164], [166]
U
Ulstermen and Scots, [118]
Union Jack, our, [110]
Urmston, [110]
V
Viking ship, [21]
Vulpes lagopus, or Arctic fox, [278]
W
Wading stockings, advantages of, [209]
Weddel Sea, the, [23]
Whale cooker, our, [161]
Whale flesh, [83], [91]
Whale’s food, [101]
Whale gun, the, [69]
Whale lines, [28], [33], [87]
Whale products and their prices, [83]
Whale steak, [72]
Whalebone, [21], [24], [83]
Whales, Balænoptera Sibbaldii, [17];
Balænoptera musculus, [17];
Balænoptera Vaga, [69];
Right whale, [18], [21], [58], [232], [254];
Cachalot, [18], [21];
Sperm, [18], [22], [155];
Finners, [19], [22], [69];
Balæna mysticetus, [21], [58];
Biscayensis, [25], [58], [69], [83];
Orca gladiator, [47];
blue, [69];
Seihvale, [69], [83];
Ziphius novæ Zealandicæ, [144];
narwhals, [204];
Hyperoodon diodon, [282]
Whales and cuttle-fish, [158]
Whales, habits of, [156]
Whales, harpooning, [77], [81], [86], [92], [155], [157], [176]
Whales, size of, [84]
Whales and trout, [76]
Whaling, old and modern, [21], [314]
Winch, the, [28]
Wives at sea, [111]
Wounded seals, [260]
Wreck, a, [136]
Y
Yacht club, Tonsberg, [30]
Yell Sound, [69]
Yule, [108]
Yusako, [32]

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