A father who once showed his son an arch of whale jawbones over a field gate keeps his promise to explain the creatures. He describes the species of whale, how they live and feed, the boats, harpoons, lances and harpoon-guns of the hunt, the processing of a carcass, and the seal-catching of the Pacific islands and the Arctic.
A small document of how whaling was explained to Victorian children, before conservation changed the story. Download the free EPUB.