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Frank Bullen begins his account of hunting for sperm whales with a description of how one became a member of the crew on a whaler in the late 1800's - make sure that you're in a seaport and soon enough you'll be in luck: "Sailor Jack is always hankering for shore when he is at sea, but when he is "outward bound"-that is, when his money is all gone - he is like a cat in the rain there. So as MY money was all gone, I was hungry for a ship; and when a long, keen-looking man with a goat-like beard, and mouth stained with dry tobacco-juice, hailed me one afternoon at the street-corner, I answered very promptly, scenting a berth. "Lookin' fer a ship, stranger?" said he. "Yes; do you want a hand?" said I, anxiously. He made a funny little sound something like a pony's whinny, then answered, "Wall, I should surmise that I want between fifty and sixty hands, ef yew kin lay me onto 'em; but, kem along, every dreep's a drop, an' yew seem likely enough." With that he turned and led the way until we reached a building around which were gathered one of the most nondescript crowds I had ever seen. There certainly did not appear to be a sailor among them." Bullen was right about the lack of sailor

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Author

Frank Thomas Bullen

Publisher

Narrative Press, The

Published

2000

Language

EN

ISBN

9781589760202

Category

travel

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Science, Children'S

Rating

3.88 / 5 (24 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14