Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS ix
3. INTRODUCTION 1
4. 1. HERMAN MELVILLE 8
5. 2. NUMEROUS FISH DOCUMENTS 25
6. 3. CETOLOGY AND EVOLUTION 33
7. 4. WHITE WHALES AND NATURAL THEOLOGY 60
8. 5. WHALE MIGRATION 72
9. 6. WIND 92
10. 7. GULLS, SEA-RAVENS, AND ALBATROSSES 98
11. 8. SMALL HARMLESS FISH 112
12. 9. PHOSPHORESCENCE 114
13. 10. SWORD-FISH AND LIVELY GROUNDS 120
14. 11. BRIT AND BALEEN 128
15. 12. GIANT SQUID 142
16. 13. SHARKS 154
17. 14. FRESH FARE 175
18. 15. BARNACLES AND SEA CANDIES 185
19. 16. PRACTICAL CETOLOGY 189
20. 17. WHALE AND HUMAN INTELLIGENCE 215
21. 18. AMBERGRIS 222
22. 19. CORAL INSECTS 227
23. 20. GRANDISSIMUS 234
24. 21. WHALE SKELETONS AND FOSSILS 241
25. 22. DOES THE WHALE DIMINISH? 255
26. 23. MOTHER CAREY’S CHICKENS 275
27. 24. TYPHOONS AND CORPUSANTS 279
28. 25. NAVIGATION 294
29. 26. SEALS 299
30. 27. THE FEMININE AIR 304
31. 28. NOISELESS NAUTILUS 309
32. 29. SPERM WHALE BEHAVIOR 313
33. 30. SKY-HAWK 339
34. 31. ISHMAEL 344
35. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 369
36. NOTES 373
37. SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 415
38. FIGURE CREDITS AND NOTES 423
39. INDEX 427