Chapters (18)
- THE BOY WHALEMAN
- I: PREPARING FOR THE VOYAGE
- II: AT SEA
- III: ABOUT WHALES
- IV: THE FIRST CHASE
- V: CAPTURING AND CUTTING-IN
- VI: TRYING-OUT AND ROUNDING THE HORN.
- VII: RECRUITING AND SHORE LEAVE
- VIII: THE PRIZE WHALE AND THE RESCUED BOAT
- IX: HONOLULU AND OFF TO THE ARCTIC
- X: EXPERIENCES IN THE ARCTIC
- XI: HONOLULU AGAIN, AND SEA TALES
- XII: THE COAST OF JAPAN AND THE CAROLINES
- XIII: WHOSE WHALE WAS IT?
- XIV: PITCAIRN ISLAND
- XV: THE VISIT TO PITCAIRN
- XVI: HOMEWARD BOUND
- XVII: SETTLING THE VOYAGE
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