whale-fishing

I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.

Frankenstein; Or, The Modern Prometheus Mary Shelley 2004

I shall depart for the latter town in a fortnight or three weeks; and my intention is to hire a ship there, which can easily be done by paying the insurance for the owner, and to engage as many sailors as I think necessary among those who are accustomed to the whale-fishing.

Frankenstein 2003

All wrecks, mines, minerals, quarries of gems, and precious stones, with pearl-fishing, whale-fishing, and one half of all ambergrease, by whomsoever found, shall wholly belong to the Lords Proprietors.

An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies of South Carolina and Georgia, Volume 1 Alexander Hewatt

This fact has drawn capital to the business of whaling once more, and although steam has for the most part supplanted sails, and the gun and explosive bullet serve the office formerly held by the harpoon and the lance, more than a few of the old whale-fishing fleet have come into their own again.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

I've never read anything that equals it in its deep-sea (p. 225) wonder and mystery; nor do I think that any book before has so completely covered the whole business of whale-fishing, and at the same time given such real and new sea pictures.

A Mother's List of Books for Children Gertrude Weld Arnold

For a man to be carried overboard by the harpoon line, and entangled in that line, is not an unknown incident in the annals of whale-fishing.

Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers W. Bertram Foster

The Basques, who were now the weaker party, were glad to come to terms, agreeing to go away and employ themselves in whale-fishing.

French Pathfinders in North America William Henry Johnson

Many thrilling stories have been written about the dangers of whale-fishing.

Chatterbox, 1905. Various