The Cruise of the Cachalot, Paperback | Indigo Chapters

In the following pages an attempt has been made-it is believed for the first time-to give an account of the cruise of a South Sea whaler from the seaman's standpoint. Two very useful books have been published-both of them over half a century ago-on the same subject; but, being written by the surgeons of whale- ships for scientific purposes, neither of them was interesting to the general reader. \"Narrative of a Whaling Voyage round the Globe,\" by F Debell Bennett, F. R.C. S. (2 vols). Bentley, London (1840). \"The Sperm Whale Fishery,\" by Thomas Beale, M. R.C. S. London (1835).] They have both been long out of print; but their value to the student of natural history has been, and still is, very great, Dr. Beale's book, in particular, being still the authority on the sperm whale...\""27.95 | The Cruise of the Cachalot, Paperback | Indigo Chapters