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CONTENTS AND DESCRIPTION
THE CRUISE OF THE
CACHALOT ROUND THE WORLD AFTER SPERM WHALES. By Frank T. BULLEN. Published
by D. Appleton and Company. New York. 1899. Approx. 7.5 x 5 inches.
379 pages. The
book opens with a letter from Rudyard Kipling, then residing in Rottingdean,
Sussex, England, dated 22nd November 1898, in which he says
'I've never read anything that equals it in its deep-sea wonder and
mystery....I congratulate you most heartily'.
Bullen was First Mate on the vessel & his narrative is both factually
interesting & although written in Victorian times, the style and content are
fascinating.
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