Catching of the whale and seal
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- or, Henry Acton's conversation to his son William on the whale and seal fishery
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1. Front matter2. Introductory material3. CHAPTER I. THE DIFFERENT AND MOST REMARKABLE SPECIES OF THE WHALE TRIBE.4. CHAPTER II. MODE OF LIVING—MANNER OF TAKING THEIR FOOD, &c.5. CHAPTER III. THE TAKING OF A WHALE WITH HER YOUNG—ITS ENEMIES, &c.6. CHAPTER IV. BOATS—HAND HARPOON—BLUBBER LANCE—GUN HARPOON—MANNER OF TAKING THE WHALE, &c.7. CHAPTER V. PROCEEDINGS AFTER A WHALE IS KILLED.8. CATCHING SEAL ON THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC.9. CHAPTER VI. THE DIFFERENT SPECIES OF SEALS—THE FISHERY ON THE ISLANDS OF THE PACIFIC, &c.