Introduction
Coral island of Rimatara
Raising and cutting-in whales
New Zealand cruising ground
The whale's physiology and natural history
Different cruising grounds and northwest whaling
The whale's biography and incidents in the capture
Atlantic Ocean mammoths and monsters
Episodes in the fortunes of whalemen
Conquest and disposal of a bull whale
Authentic tragedies and perils of the whaling service
Yarns from the experience of old whalemen
Peculiar vocabulary and hazards of whalemen
Remarkable events in the annals of whaling
Claims and advantages of the Sabbath in a whale ship
A plea in behalf of the Sabbath for whalemen
Nearing home and analogies from the sea
Knitting up the lessons of the voyage at its close.