whale-fisher

The most extensive source of danger to the whale-fisher, when actively engaged in his occupation, arises from the object of his pursuit.

Thrilling Narratives of Mutiny, Murder and Piracy A weird series of tales of shipwreck and disaster, from the earliest part of the century to the present time, with accounts of providential escapes and heart-rending fatalities. Anonymous

When the animal found that he was locked in by shallows on all sides, and became sensible, at the same time, of the strain of the cable on his body, the convulsive efforts which he made to escape, accompanied with sounds resembling deep and loud groans, would have moved the compassion of all but a practised whale-fisher.

MacMillan's Reading Books Book V Anonymous

Therefore, it is the more pleasant to me to be able to chronicle some of the doings of Captain Gilroy, familiarly known as "Paddy," the master of the CHANCE, who was unsurpassed as a whale-fisher or a seaman by any

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

YELMERT again was a boatswain with the Dutch whale-fisher VLAMINGH, who in 1664 sailed round the northern extremity of Novaya Zemlya to Barents 'winter haven, and thence farther to the south-east.

The Voyage of the Vega round Asia and Europe, Volume I and Volume II Alexander Leslie 1866

So that when one hears talk of the extinction of the cachalot, it is well to bear in mind that such a thing would take a long series of years to effect, even were the whaling business waxing instead of waning, While, however, South Sea whaling is conducted on such old-world methods as still obtain; while steam, with all the power it gives of rapidly dealing with a catch, is not made use of, the art and mystery of the whale-fisher must continually decrease.

The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Frank T. Bullen 1886

“Can a whale-fisher ever forget his old trade, sir?

Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea 2003

"Can a whale-fisher ever forget his old trade, sir?

Vingt mille lieues sous les mers. English Jules Verne 1866