MEMORIALS OF THE SEA. My Father:

BEING RECORDS OF THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF THE LATE

WILLIAM SCORESBY, ESQ.

OF WHITBY.

BY HIS SON

THE REV. WILLIAM SCORESBY, D.D.

FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETIES OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH;

MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE; OF THE

AMERICAN INSTITUTE, PHILADELPHIA,

ETC. ETC.

LONDON:

LONGMAN, BROWN, GREEN, AND LONGMANS.

1851.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY M. MASON, IVY LANE, PATERNOSTER ROW.

TO THE LADY MATILDA MAXWELL,

WHOSE DISCERNMENT OF AN UNUSUAL AND SUPERIOR

CHARACTER IN A MERCHANT SEAMAN,

WHEN KNOWN ONLY BY REPORT,

FIRST LED TO THE GATHERING OF RECORDS

CONCERNING HIM;

AND TO WHOSE EXPRESSIONS

OF DEEP AND ADMIRING INTEREST IN THE RELATION,

REPEATEDLY SOLICITED,

OF MANY CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENTS,

THEIR PUBLICATION IS STRICTLY DUE,—

This Volume,

COMPRISING THE OFT-TOLD STORIES, WITH

ADDITIONAL RECORDS,

OF THE ADVENTUROUS LIFE OF

His Father,

IS, WITH GREAT RESPECT AND SINCERE REGARD,

NOW ADDRESSED,

BY HER LADYSHIP’S

FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED FRIEND,

THE AUTHOR.

Torquay, Feb. 3, 1851.

My Father.