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id: 31263
author: Jenkins, Thomas H.
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title:
  Bark Kathleen Sunk By A Whale To Which is Added an Account of Two Like Occurrences, the Loss of Ships Ann Alexander and Essex

summary:
  We steered different courses during the fore-noon and at 1 p.m. the man aloft raised a white water which proved to be sperm whales, and there was a lot of them, some heading one way, some another. [Illustration: SPERM WHALING--THE CAPTURE] Mr. Nichols was still trying to get to the whale when I thought we had no business fooling with that whale any more that day as the other three boats were out of sight and fast to whales and night coming on, so I told him to come alongside.


id: 11105
author: Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing)
title: Jack Mason, the Old Sailor
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sentence: 367
flesch: 99
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summary:
  Why, I do believe if he could find little boys and girls to talk to, he would begin in the morning as soon as he had got through his breakfast, and do nothing but tell stories about what he has seen, until it was time to go to bed at night. There, they said, that little boy is the one to thank.


id: 32029
author: Bates, Harry
title: Seed of the Arctic Ice
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words: 11382
sentence: 853
flesch: 89
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summary:
  Rapidly Ken opened and closed his eyes, and pointed again to the dots on the drawing's face. Rapidly Ken played his flash around, looking for the torp, but it was nowhere visible.


id: 21731
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: Fighting the Whales
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words: 24611
sentence: 1080
flesch: 85
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summary:
  This is itself a kind of small whale, but it is wonderfully strong, swift, and bold. The man in the crow's nest, as they call the cask fixed up at the mast-head, was looking anxiously out for whales, and the crew were idling about the deck.


id: 21202
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: Fighting the Whales
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words: 23670
sentence: 1040
flesch: 85
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summary:
  This is itself a kind of small whale, but it is wonderfully strong, swift, and bold. The man in the crow's-nest, as they call the cask fixed up at the masthead, was looking anxiously out for whales, and the crew were idling about the deck.


id: 23383
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
title: Archibald Hughson: An Arctic Story
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words: 27319
sentence: 1373
flesch: 84
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summary:
  Archy felt grateful to old Andrew, and thanked him warmly. Don't speak about that, boy, remarked Andrew. The crew generally did not treat Archy as kindly as old Andrew had done.


id: 23260
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
title: The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific
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words: 28519
sentence: 1191
flesch: 79
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summary:
  A Christian friend is a valuable help on board ship, as well as everywhere else, observed Captain Bland. Instead, however, of returning at once on deck, I sat watching several other ships beating up to an anchorage, as we were, while I did not hear Old More Yet, the pilot, give the order about ship.


id: 63211
author: Burns, Walter Noble
title: A Year with a Whaler
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words: 44802
sentence: 2699
flesch: 87
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summary:
  We were now in sperm whale waters and the crews of the whale boats were selected. Hardtack biscuit soaked in buckets of sea water and then boiled in the bubbling caldrons of oil made relishing morsels.


id: 23674
author: Foster, W. Bert (Walter Bertram)
title: Swept Out to Sea Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers
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words: 54055
sentence: 3354
flesch: 89
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summary:
  I had heard of ancient, isolated he-elephants being called rogue; but I did not know before that whalemen believe that certain old bull whales are just as savage and revengeful as tigers. Anderly was a boat-steerer, an old sea dog who had sailed oft and again with the skipper, and who had lanced more whales than any other half dozen men aboard.


id: 51910
author: Lindsay, David Moore
title: A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora
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words: 54605
sentence: 2956
flesch: 84
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summary:
  The steward had sailed Arctic waters for years, but he made no comment on this subject and never mentioned having heard it on other ships, nor did any; one else on board the _Aurora_ speak of it at all; in fact, we were probably the only two who noticed it. [Illustration: 0301] They sang so loud that we could often hear their weird songs coming over the water from other ships similarly engaged.


id: 43959
author: Holmes, Lewis
title: The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean
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words: 62019
sentence: 2566
flesch: 69
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summary:
  Having disposed of some oil and provisions which were stored at Hilo, Captain Norton now turned his face towards home, and engaged a passage in the ship Harriet Hoxie, Captain M. Passages, however, were freely and cordially offered to him in other ships. The results of his three and a half years' absence from home are briefly these: the first season in the Arctic, in the Citizen, he obtained twenty-six hundred barrels of oil, which were wholly lost when the ship was cast away; seventy barrels of sperm were left at the islands, which he took on his outward-bound passage--this was saved; nine months and eight days among the natives, and taken off in July; the second season on board of other ships, in the capacity of guest and passenger; the third season in the Northern Light, in the Ochotsk Sea, where he obtained twenty-four hundred barrels of oil.


id: 21479
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
title: The South Sea Whaler
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words: 73783
sentence: 3342
flesch: 81
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summary:
  Hist, Mr Walter, he said in a low voice. I have been thinking, Mr Shobbrok, observed Walter, that I could make some fish-hooks from nails, with the help of a small file which I have in my knife; and as we have plenty of rope, we may unpick some of it, and twist some strong line.


id: 21711
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: The World of Ice
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words: 78669
sentence: 3166
flesch: 76
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summary:
  The young can help themselves, more or less, and they have strength to stand their sorrows, with _hope_, blessed hope, to keep them up; but _poor_ old men and old women cannot help themselves and cannot stand their sorrows, and, as far as this life is concerned, they have _no hope_; except to die soon and easy, and, if possible, in summer-time, when the wind is not so very cold and bitter. he was the first awake in the morning and the last asleep at night; he always answered promptly to the first call, and was never known by any man living to have been seen with his eyes shut, except when he winked, and that operation he performed less frequently than other men.


id: 11602
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: The World of Ice
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words: 80328
sentence: 3350
flesch: 77
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summary:
  Will you promise, then, all through your life, especially if you ever come to be rich or influential, to think _of_ and _for_ old men and women who are poor? The young can help themselves, more or less, and they have strength to stand their sorrows, with _hope_, blessed hope, to keep them up; but _poor_ old men and old women cannot help themselves, and cannot stand their sorrows, and, as far as this life is concerned, they have _no hope,_ except to die soon and easy, and, if possible, in summer time, when the wind is not so very cold and bitter.


id: 36881
author: Williams, Ben Ames
title: The Sea Bride
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words: 81068
sentence: 6142
flesch: 95
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summary:
  And when Mauger looked toward the Portugee, Dan'l rasped: Come.... Don't be looking up from your tasks, little man. You overswing your mark, little man.


id: 46390
author: Macy, William Hussey
title: There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa
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words: 86759
sentence: 3799
flesch: 79
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summary:
  He say let _me_ go ship--see old man--keep _you_ here--me no like--me tell him you all'e same my brother; spose keep you keep me, too. The women, children and old men closed up outside of this ring as spectators, a space being kept clear for King George and the principal chiefs, where they could overlook the whole scene.


id: 21714
author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
title: The Red Eric
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words: 99582
sentence: 4182
flesch: 78
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summary:
  The present was such an occasion to little Ailie Dunning. Meanwhile the captain stepped up to the Portuguese sailors and told them to mind their own business, and let _honest_ men alone; adding, that if they did not take his advice, he would first give them a licking and then pitch them all into the river.


id: 21475
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
title: Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler
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sentence: 5562
flesch: 86
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summary:
  Suiting the action to the word, Bob, taking off his tarpaulin, threw a handful of silver into it, and his example being followed by a number of other men, he grasped me by the hand, and set off forthwith to consult Lawyer Chalk. Bodies of old men, women, and children were scattered about, but the heads were gone.


id: 21474
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
title: Peter the Whaler
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words: 120966
sentence: 4846
flesch: 78
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summary:
  Other ships might, by possibility, be crossing our course, but that was not likely; and if, by any wonderful chance, we came near each other, we should probably see and be seen in time to prevent a collision. The officers are divided into commissioned officers, namely, the captain and the lieutenants, the master, surgeon, and purser; the warrant officers, who are boatswain, gunner, and carpenter, and the midshipmen; and, lastly, the petty officers, who have their rating given them on board ship by the captain or first lieutenant, and may be equally disrated by them.


id: 1356
author: Bullen, Frank Thomas
title: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales
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words: 117488
sentence: 4042
flesch: 69
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summary:
  Under its hastening influence we made such good time that before dinner Vau Vau had faded into nothingness, mingling like the clouds with the soft haze on the horizon, from henceforth only a memory. Several times we saw other ships with whales alongside, but we got no show at all.


id: 23049
author: Kingston, William Henry Giles
title: Old Jack
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words: 158336
sentence: 7291
flesch: 81
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summary:
  On one side of the ground there was a steep bank, on the top of which a chair or throne was placed, whereon sat a tall fine-looking negro, dressed somewhat in military style, while a number of other men sat round him. In a short time we were put on board a cutter, with a number of other men who had been picked up in a similar way.


