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Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
Merck's 1899 Manual of the Materia Medica
CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
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Chapters
Chapter 1: Chapter 1
Chapter 2: CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
Chapter 3: CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in
Chapter 4: CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk
Chapter 5: CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
Chapter 6: CHAPTER 1. Loomings.
Chapter 7: CHAPTER 2. The Carpet-Bag.
Chapter 8: CHAPTER 3. The Spouter-Inn.
Chapter 9: CHAPTER 4. The Counterpane.
Chapter 10: CHAPTER 5. Breakfast.
Chapter 11: CHAPTER 6. The Street.
Chapter 12: CHAPTER 7. The Chapel.
Chapter 13: CHAPTER 8. The Pulpit.
Chapter 14: CHAPTER 9. The Sermon.
Chapter 15: CHAPTER 10. A Bosom Friend.
Chapter 16: CHAPTER 11. Nightgown.
Chapter 17: CHAPTER 12. Biographical.
Chapter 18: CHAPTER 13. Wheelbarrow.
Chapter 19: CHAPTER 14. Nantucket.
Chapter 20: CHAPTER 15. Chowder.
Chapter 21: CHAPTER 16. The Ship.
Chapter 22: CHAPTER 17. The Ramadan.
Chapter 23: CHAPTER 18. His Mark.
Chapter 24: CHAPTER 19. The Prophet.
Chapter 25: CHAPTER 20. All Astir.
Chapter 26: CHAPTER 21. Going Aboard.
Chapter 27: CHAPTER 22. Merry Christmas.
Chapter 28: CHAPTER 23. The Lee Shore.
Chapter 29: CHAPTER 24. The Advocate.
Chapter 30: CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
Chapter 31: CHAPTER 26. Knights and Squires.
Chapter 32: CHAPTER 27. Knights and Squires.
Chapter 33: CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
Chapter 34: CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb.
Chapter 35: CHAPTER 30. The Pipe.
Chapter 36: CHAPTER 31. Queen Mab.
Chapter 37: CHAPTER 32. Cetology.
Chapter 38: BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER I. (_Sperm Whale_).—This whale, among the
Chapter 39: BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER II. (_Right Whale_).—In one respect this is
Chapter 40: BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER III. (_Fin-Back_).—Under this head I reckon
Chapter 41: BOOK I. (_Folio_) CHAPTER IV. (_Hump Back_).—This whale is often seen
Chapter 42: BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER V. (_Razor Back_).—Of this whale little is
Chapter 43: BOOK I. (_Folio_), CHAPTER VI. (_Sulphur Bottom_).—Another retiring
Chapter 44: BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER I. (_Grampus_).—Though this fish, whose
Chapter 45: BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER II. (_Black Fish_).—I give the popular
Chapter 46: BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER III. (_Narwhale_), that is, _Nostril
Chapter 47: BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER IV. (_Killer_).—Of this whale little is
Chapter 48: BOOK II. (_Octavo_), CHAPTER V. (_Thrasher_).—This gentleman is famous
Chapter 49: BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER 1. (_Huzza Porpoise_).—This is the
Chapter 50: BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER II. (_Algerine Porpoise_).—A pirate.
Chapter 51: BOOK III. (_Duodecimo_), CHAPTER III. (_Mealy-mouthed Porpoise_).—The
Chapter 52: CHAPTER 33. The Specksnyder.
Chapter 53: CHAPTER 34. The Cabin-Table.
Chapter 54: CHAPTER 35. The Mast-Head.
Chapter 55: CHAPTER 36. The Quarter-Deck.
Chapter 56: CHAPTER 37. Sunset.
Chapter 57: CHAPTER 38. Dusk.
Chapter 58: CHAPTER 39. First Night-Watch.
Chapter 59: CHAPTER 40. Midnight, Forecastle.
Chapter 60: CHAPTER 41. Moby Dick.
Chapter 61: CHAPTER 42. The Whiteness of the Whale.
Chapter 62: CHAPTER 43. Hark!
Chapter 63: CHAPTER 44. The Chart.
Chapter 64: CHAPTER 45. The Affidavit.
Chapter 65: CHAPTER 46. Surmises.
Chapter 66: CHAPTER 47. The Mat-Maker.
Chapter 67: CHAPTER 48. The First Lowering.
Chapter 68: CHAPTER 49. The Hyena.
Chapter 69: CHAPTER 50. Ahab’s Boat and Crew. Fedallah.
Chapter 70: CHAPTER 51. The Spirit-Spout.
Chapter 71: CHAPTER 52. The Albatross.
Chapter 72: CHAPTER 53. The Gam.
Chapter 73: CHAPTER 54. The Town-Ho’s Story.
Chapter 74: CHAPTER 55. Of the Monstrous Pictures of Whales.
Chapter 75: CHAPTER 56. Of the Less Erroneous Pictures of Whales, and the True
Chapter 76: CHAPTER 57. Of Whales in Paint; in Teeth; in Wood; in Sheet-Iron; in
Chapter 77: CHAPTER 58. Brit.
Chapter 78: CHAPTER 59. Squid.
Chapter 79: CHAPTER 60. The Line.
Chapter 80: CHAPTER 61. Stubb Kills a Whale.
Chapter 81: CHAPTER 62. The Dart.
Chapter 82: CHAPTER 63. The Crotch.
Chapter 83: CHAPTER 64. Stubb’s Supper.
Chapter 84: CHAPTER 65. The Whale as a Dish.
Chapter 85: CHAPTER 66. The Shark Massacre.
Chapter 86: CHAPTER 67. Cutting In.
Chapter 87: CHAPTER 68. The Blanket.
Chapter 88: CHAPTER 69. The Funeral.
Chapter 89: CHAPTER 70. The Sphynx.
Chapter 90: CHAPTER 71. The Jeroboam’s Story.
Chapter 91: CHAPTER 72. The Monkey-Rope.
Chapter 92: CHAPTER 73. Stubb and Flask kill a Right Whale; and Then Have a Talk
Chapter 93: CHAPTER 74. The Sperm Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.
Chapter 94: CHAPTER 75. The Right Whale’s Head—Contrasted View.
Chapter 95: CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
Chapter 96: CHAPTER 77. The Great Heidelburgh Tun.
Chapter 97: CHAPTER 78. Cistern and Buckets.
Chapter 98: CHAPTER 79. The Prairie.
Chapter 99: CHAPTER 80. The Nut.
Chapter 100: CHAPTER 81. The Pequod Meets The Virgin.
Chapter 101: CHAPTER 82. The Honor and Glory of Whaling.
Chapter 102: CHAPTER 83. Jonah Historically Regarded.
Chapter 103: CHAPTER 84. Pitchpoling.
Chapter 104: CHAPTER 85. The Fountain.
Chapter 105: CHAPTER 86. The Tail.
Chapter 106: CHAPTER 87. The Grand Armada.
Chapter 107: CHAPTER 88. Schools and Schoolmasters.
Chapter 108: CHAPTER 89. Fast-Fish and Loose-Fish.
Chapter 109: CHAPTER 90. Heads or Tails.
Chapter 110: CHAPTER 91. The Pequod Meets The Rose-Bud.
Chapter 111: CHAPTER 92. Ambergris.
Chapter 112: CHAPTER 93. The Castaway.
Chapter 113: CHAPTER 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
Chapter 114: CHAPTER 95. The Cassock.
Chapter 115: CHAPTER 96. The Try-Works.
Chapter 116: CHAPTER 97. The Lamp.
Chapter 117: CHAPTER 98. Stowing Down and Clearing Up.
Chapter 118: CHAPTER 99. The Doubloon.
Chapter 119: CHAPTER 100. Leg and Arm.
Chapter 120: CHAPTER 101. The Decanter.
Chapter 121: CHAPTER 102. A Bower in the Arsacides.
Chapter 122: CHAPTER 103. Measurement of The Whale’s Skeleton.
Chapter 123: CHAPTER 104. The Fossil Whale.
Chapter 124: CHAPTER 105. Does the Whale’s Magnitude Diminish?—Will He Perish?
Chapter 125: CHAPTER 106. Ahab’s Leg.
Chapter 126: CHAPTER 107. The Carpenter.
Chapter 127: CHAPTER 108. Ahab and the Carpenter.
Chapter 128: CHAPTER 109. Ahab and Starbuck in the Cabin.
Chapter 129: CHAPTER 110. Queequeg in His Coffin.
Chapter 130: CHAPTER 111. The Pacific.
Chapter 131: CHAPTER 112. The Blacksmith.
Chapter 132: CHAPTER 113. The Forge.
Chapter 133: CHAPTER 114. The Gilder.
Chapter 134: CHAPTER 115. The Pequod Meets The Bachelor.
Chapter 135: CHAPTER 116. The Dying Whale.
Chapter 136: CHAPTER 117. The Whale Watch.
Chapter 137: CHAPTER 118. The Quadrant.
Chapter 138: CHAPTER 119. The Candles.
Chapter 139: CHAPTER 120. The Deck Towards the End of the First Night Watch.
Chapter 140: CHAPTER 121. Midnight.—The Forecastle Bulwarks.
Chapter 141: CHAPTER 122. Midnight Aloft.—Thunder and Lightning.
Chapter 142: CHAPTER 123. The Musket.
Chapter 143: CHAPTER 124. The Needle.
Chapter 144: CHAPTER 125. The Log and Line.
Chapter 145: CHAPTER 126. The Life-Buoy.
Chapter 146: CHAPTER 127. The Deck.
Chapter 147: CHAPTER 128. The Pequod Meets The Rachel.
Chapter 148: CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.
Chapter 149: CHAPTER 130. The Hat.
Chapter 150: CHAPTER 131. The Pequod Meets The Delight.
Chapter 151: CHAPTER 132. The Symphony.
Chapter 152: CHAPTER 133. The Chase—First Day.
Chapter 153: CHAPTER 134. The Chase—Second Day.
Chapter 154: CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
Pictures of Whaling Scenes.
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