Introduction

The whale, after receiving a harpoon, has effected a complete escape. In one instance of three years, the same hand struck by the same hand and slain when the two irons, both marked by the same private cipher, have been taken from the body. The man darted them, happening in the interval to go in a trading ship on a voyage to africa. Went ashore there, joined a discovery party and penetrated far into the interior where he travelled for a period of nearly two years. Often endangered by serpents, tigers, with all the other common perils incident to wandering in the heart of unknown regions.