CHAPTER XIII.

The Ocean.--The Seaman's Home.--Confidence of the Mariner in his Ship.--Shipwreck.--Moral and religious Claims of Seamen. --The Spirit of the Age.--Interest in the Mariner's Meeting. --Seaport Places.--Sudden Intelligence.--Seamen remembered elsewhere.--Ships supplied with Books.--Bible and Tract Societies.--Good Seed sown.--Field for Usefulness.--The American Seaman.--Concert of Prayer.--All interested.--The most important Reform for Seamen. 226

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HISTORY AND DETAILS OF WHALING.