LIST OF PLATES
Reading edition
Under Sail Frontispiece
Fitting Out Facing Page 2
Hoisting Topsails 4
Choosing Boats’ Crews 6
A Harangue from the Captain 8
Getting in the Mainsail 10
Stowing the Outer Jib 12
A Typical Bow 14
A Typical Stern 16
The Deck 18
The Whaleboat 20
A Boat on the Cranes 22
Spare Boats 24
Harpoons 26
The Wheel 28
The Foc’s’le 30
The Windlass 32
The Galley 34
Types 36
The Blacksmith 38
The Cooper 40
Grinding Spades 42
Coiling Line Tubs 44
Ten Dollars Reward 46
Grub 48
Fresh Fish for the Cook to Spoil 50
Whales 52
Whales 54
The Masthead 56
Lowering 58
A Race Under Sail 60
Waifing 62
“Going On” 64
“Give it to him!” 66
Sounding 68
A Breach 70
A “Chawed” Boat 72
“A Nantucket Sleigh Ride” 74
Lancing 76
Towing to the Ship 78
Cutting-in Diagram 80
Removing the Lower Jaw 82
The Junk 84
Cutting In 86
The Blanket Piece Coming Aboard 88
Lowering into the Hold 90
Mincing 92
Trying Out 94
Bailing the Case 96
Cleaning Ship 98
Main Hatch Surgery 100
Boat Surgery 102
Ashore for Water 104
Having it Out 106
Recruiting on the Beach 108
A “Gam” 110
Song and Dance 112
Bumboats 114
Arctic Whaling 116
Whalebone 118
Cleaning Whalebone 120
Dead Man’s Chest 122
Homeward Bound 124
“Scrimshaw” 126