Memorials of the Sea: My Father Being Records of the Adventurous Life of the Late William Scoresby, Esq. of Whitby

CHAPTER II.--COMMENCEMENT AND PROGRESS IN WHALE-FISHING

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ENTERPRISE AS COMMANDER 42

SECT. 1. Disappointment in his First Command 42

2. His Second Adventure and commencing Prosperity 52

3. Further Successes, with their comparative Relations, in the Ship Henrietta 55

4. Episodical Incident--the Rescue of endangered Pleasurers 65

5. The Greenland Doctor 71

6. Taming of a Bear--interesting Recognition 78