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 _SKETCHES_ _FITTING OUT_ The last few days prior to a ship’s departure on a whaling voyage witnessed great activity along the wharves of all whaling ports: New Bedford, Fairhaven, Nantucket, Sag Harbor, Salem, and New London, to note but a few in New England; in Dundee, Scotland, and Bergen in Norway.