CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER I. | |
| PAGE | |
| CHRONOLOGICAL HISTORY OF THE NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERIES | [9] |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| SITUATION OF THE EARLY WHALE-FISHERY—THEMANNER IN WHICH IT WAS CONDUCTED—AND THE ALTERATIONS WHICHHAVE TAKEN PLACE | [29] |
| CHAPTER III. | |
| ACCOUNT OF THE MODERN WHALE-FISHERY, ASCONDUCTED AT SPITZBERGEN | [40] |
| CHAPTER IV. | |
| ACCOUNT OF THE DAVIS’S STRAIT WHALE-FISHERY,WITH STATEMENTS OF EXPENSES AND PROFITS OF A FISHING-SHIP | [149] |
| CHAPTER V. | |
| METHOD OF EXTRACTING OIL AND PREPARING WHALE-BONE,WITH A DESCRIPTION OF THESE ARTICLES, AND REMARKS ON THE USES TOWHICH THE SEVERAL PRODUCTS OF THE WHALE-FISHERY ARE APPLIED | [157] |
| CHAPTER VI. | |
| NARRATIVE OF PROCEEDINGS ON BOARD THE SHIP ESK,DURING A WHALE-FISHING VOYAGE TO THE COAST OF SPITZBERGEN,IN THE YEAR 1816; PARTICULARLY RELATING TO THE PRESERVATIONOF THE SHIP UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF PECULIAR DANGER | [175] |
THE
NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERY.