item: #1 of 21 id: 11105 author: Woodworth, Francis C. (Francis Channing) title: Jack Mason, the Old Sailor date: None words: 5269 flesch: 99 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. keywords: boat; captain; ship cache: 11105.txt plain text: 11105.txt item: #2 of 21 id: 11602 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: The World of Ice date: None words: 80328 flesch: 77 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. keywords: bear; buzzby; captain; chapter; cold; crew; day; deck; dogs; dolphin; ellice; esquimaux; father; feet; fred; good; grim; guy; hand; head; ice; left; look; man; mate; meetuck; men; mivins; moment; o'riley; party; poor; right; round; saunders; sea; set; ship; singleton; sir; sledge; snow; sun; time; tom; walrus; water; way; west; white; winter; work cache: 11602.txt plain text: 11602.txt item: #3 of 21 id: 1356 author: Bullen, Frank Thomas title: The Cruise of the "Cachalot" Round the World After Sperm Whales date: None words: 117488 flesch: 69 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. keywords: air; beneath; black; blubber; board; boat; body; cachalot; captain; case; chance; chapter; close; coming; course; crew; cut; day; days; deck; deep; distance; end; experience; eyes; fact; feet; fine; fish; fishing; good; half; hands; head; home; hour; island; left; life; line; look; making; man; mass; mate; men; miles; minutes; morning; near; new; officers; oil; place; point; poor; port; position; rest; right; round; run; sail; saw; sea; second; set; ship; skipper; small; south; sperm; thing; thought; time; vessel; water; way; weather; whale; white; wind; work; world cache: 1356.txt plain text: 1356.txt item: #4 of 21 id: 21202 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Fighting the Whales date: None words: 23670 flesch: 85 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. keywords: boat; captain; fish; head; know; line; lokins; man; mate; men; moment; mother; right; sea; ship; time; tom; water; whale cache: 21202.txt plain text: 21202.txt item: #5 of 21 id: 21474 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Peter the Whaler date: None words: 120966 flesch: 78 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. keywords: andrew; board; boat; captain; close; course; crew; day; deck; father; feet; fire; fish; friends; good; hands; head; ice; left; life; look; looking; man; mary; mate; means; men; night; people; peter; pirates; place; rest; return; round; said; sail; saw; sea; set; ship; shore; snow; terence; things; thought; time; vessel; water; way; whale; wind; work cache: 21474.txt plain text: 21474.txt item: #6 of 21 id: 21475 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Peter Trawl; Or, The Adventures of a Whaler date: None words: 112982 flesch: 86 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. keywords: board; boat; brig; captain; coming; day; deck; doctor; father; good; griffiths; hands; help; island; jack; jim; look; man; mary; mate; men; mother; nancy; natives; night; people; peter; rest; round; sail; saw; sea; ship; shore; sir; thought; time; tom; water; way; wind; work cache: 21475.txt plain text: 21475.txt item: #7 of 21 id: 21479 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: The South Sea Whaler date: None words: 73783 flesch: 81 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. keywords: alice; board; boat; boatswain; captain; dan; deck; doctor; fire; fish; food; good; head; hope; mate; men; nub; raft; rest; round; sail; sea; ship; shobbrok; sight; thought; time; walter; way; whale; wind cache: 21479.txt plain text: 21479.txt item: #8 of 21 id: 21711 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: The World of Ice date: None words: 78669 flesch: 76 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. keywords: bear; buzzby; captain; cold; crew; day; deck; dogs; dolphin; ellice; esquimaux; father; feet; fred; good; grim; guy; hand; head; ice; left; look; man; mate; meetuck; men; mivins; moment; o'riley; party; poor; right; round; saunders; sea; set; ship; singleton; sir; sledge; snow; sun; time; tom; walrus; water; way; white; winter; work cache: 21711.txt plain text: 21711.txt item: #9 of 21 id: 21714 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: The Red Eric date: None words: 99582 flesch: 78 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. keywords: ailie; boat; briant; captain; captain dunning; child; course; crew; day; dear; deep; doctor; dunning; eric; eyes; face; fact; glynn; good; gurney; hand; head; jacko; jane; jim; know; left; life; look; man; martha; means; men; mind; minutes; moment; monkey; order; phil; place; point; red; right; rokens; round; sea; ship; things; thought; time; voice; water; way; whale; white; wos; wot cache: 21714.txt plain text: 21714.txt item: #10 of 21 id: 21731 author: Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael) title: Fighting the Whales date: None words: 24611 flesch: 85 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. keywords: boat; captain; fish; good; head; line; lokins; man; men; moment; mother; right; sea; ship; time; tom; water; way; whale cache: 21731.txt plain text: 21731.txt item: #11 of 21 id: 23049 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Old Jack date: None words: 158336 flesch: 81 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. keywords: arms; board; boat; body; brig; captain; captain gale; chief; close; course; crew; cut; dark; day; days; deck; end; eyes; gale; good; guns; hands; harbour; having; head; help; hold; house; jack; know; life; look; looking; man; mate; men; moment; newman; night; number; officers; people; peter; place; poor; rest; return; round; run; sail; saw; schooner; sea; set; ship; shore; shot; sir; small; thought; time; vessel; water; way; whale; white; wind; work; world cache: 23049.txt plain text: 23049.txt item: #12 of 21 id: 23260 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: The Two Whalers; Or, Adventures in the Pacific date: None words: 28519 flesch: 79 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. keywords: alice; bland; board; boats; captain; captain bland; come; crew; deck; good; lady; mary; medley; men; sea; ship; shore; time; water; way; whale cache: 23260.txt plain text: 23260.txt item: #13 of 21 id: 23383 author: Kingston, William Henry Giles title: Archibald Hughson: An Arctic Story date: None words: 27319 flesch: 84 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. keywords: andrew; archy; board; boat; captain; crew; day; god; ice; max; men; sea; ship; snow; time; water; way cache: 23383.txt plain text: 23383.txt item: #14 of 21 id: 23674 author: Foster, W. Bert (Walter Bertram) title: Swept Out to Sea Or, Clint Webb Among the Whalers date: None words: 54055 flesch: 89 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. keywords: bark; ben; boat; bolderhead; captain; course; crew; downes; face; father; gibson; going; good; ham; hand; home; line; man; mate; mind; money; mother; paul; right; saw; scarboro; sea; sir; sloop; time; tom; tugg; water; wavecrest; way; webb; whale; wind cache: 23674.txt plain text: 23674.txt item: #15 of 21 id: 31263 author: Jenkins, Thomas H. 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 date: None words: 4051 flesch: 80 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. keywords: boat; captain; kathleen; mate; ship; water; whale; whaling cache: 31263.txt plain text: 31263.txt item: #16 of 21 id: 32029 author: Bates, Harry title: Seed of the Arctic Ice date: None words: 11382 flesch: 89 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. keywords: beddoes; body; eyes; face; feet; ken; killer; light; sea; torpoon; water; whale cache: 32029.txt plain text: 32029.txt item: #17 of 21 id: 36881 author: Williams, Ben Ames title: The Sea Bride date: None words: 81068 flesch: 95 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. keywords: boat; boy; brander; cabin; dan'l; dan'l tobey; day; days; deck; eyes; face; faith; good; ham; hand; head; little; man; mate; mauger; men; noll; noll wing; old; right; roy; sally; saw; sea; ship; sir; strength; thing; thought; tichel; time; tobey; water; way; whale; willis cache: 36881.txt plain text: 36881.txt item: #18 of 21 id: 43959 author: Holmes, Lewis title: The Arctic Whaleman; or, Winter in the Arctic Ocean date: None words: 62019 flesch: 69 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. keywords: arctic; board; boat; cape; captain; coast; company; day; distance; east; feet; good; head; home; hope; huts; ice; islands; left; life; man; men; miles; months; natives; new; north; norton; number; ocean; officers; oil; place; right; sea; seamen; settlement; ship; shore; snow; sperm; time; water; way; whale; whale oil; whalemen; whaling; winter; wreck; years; | | cache: 43959.txt plain text: 43959.txt item: #19 of 21 id: 46390 author: Macy, William Hussey title: There She Blows! Or, The Log of the Arethusa date: None words: 86759 flesch: 79 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. keywords: alongside; board; boat; bow; boys; canoes; captain; chapter; clear; cooper; course; crew; cut; day; days; deck; good; grafton; half; hand; hard; head; home; iron; island; jeff; lay; lee; line; look; man; mate; matter; men; moment; new; oil; place; ready; right; round; run; sail; sea; set; ship; sir; stand; stern; time; upton; voyage; want; watch; water; way; weather; whale; white; wind; work; years; young cache: 46390.txt plain text: 46390.txt item: #20 of 21 id: 51910 author: Lindsay, David Moore title: A Voyage to the Arctic in the Whaler Aurora date: None words: 54605 flesch: 84 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. keywords: afternoon; arctic; aurora; bear; board; boat; breakfast; cape; captain; coast; cold; crew; day; days; deck; dundee; fish; floe; good; head; ice; illustration; left; man; mate; men; morning; night; north; place; sea; seals; ship; shot; snow; sound; south; time; water; way; weather; whale cache: 51910.txt plain text: 51910.txt item: #21 of 21 id: 63211 author: Burns, Walter Noble title: A Year with a Whaler date: None words: 44802 flesch: 87 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. keywords: aboard; arctic; big; black; blow; blubber; boat; bow; brig; captain; crew; cut; dat; day; deck; feet; forecastle; gabriel; good; hands; head; ice; landers; line; man; mate; men; night; oil; old; sailors; saw; sea; ship; sperm; time; voyage; water; way; whale; whaling; white; winchester; work cache: 63211.txt plain text: 63211.txt