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Whale oil, spring-make, natural -1 



statistics of, at liarbadoes 215 



.Ncxv /calami 213 



stock on liaiul at close of cadi year.. .1 lii-U;4 



taken at l'ro\ ineetown :: 



by Scot i-li steamers 198 



tanks on vessels tor .';;;P 



transshipment, of 1 1 ;::..':; I 



transshipped by rail I .Mi 



uses of r> 



value of receipts, 18(35 to 1880 Itw 



\early receipts and value, 1820 to 1680. 170 



yield by d i tl'ereut species 195 



Whale sinews used for food 56 



use made, of 63 



'Whale stomach, use of 63 



Whalemen, accidents to 272 



American, in English fishery 12i! 



arrival home 289 



boat-steerers 224 



camp of, on North Carolina coast 49 



choosing the watch 229 



cruel treatment of 6 



cry when whales are sighted 'J5li 



dangers from scurvy 100, 101 



of -.'7ii 



darting-guns of 254 



desertions of 6 



discipline among 220 



Dutch 218 



duties during pursuit of whales 255-077 



of 223 



while cutting in 281 



food of 228 



French 218 



general account of 218-232 



grades of, on vessels 222 



homo life of 221 



Indian 3l,:;r> 



Irish 218 



Italian -,'l- 



Kanaka 0, -,'18-220 



life ashore of 221 



manner of shipping crew of 225 



messing of, on vessels 227 



Mexican 220 



Nantucket, in Europe 134 



nationality of American 218 



negro 218-22Q 



New Zealand 218-220 



nnmher of :i, llii 



in 1880 17:; 



outfit of 2-.T. 



Portuguese 0, 51), 218, -j l;i, 221 1 



profits of 2111-2!) I 



quarters of, on the vessels 



Scotch _ H 



and English 201 



M-riiiishawing by ....' 23] 



seizure of, by Peru 1 42 



selection of boats' crows 2,".l 



services of, during war of 1812 142 



.-.liar.- or lay of 291-294 



songs of 2{,2-'.i 



Whalemen, superior seamanship of American 115 



wrecked, in Arctic Ocean 76, 77 



\\ hale 1 1 's shipping lists, extracts from 146 



Whales, abundant, in (I nit' Stream Ill 



ambergris from 4 



among the ice 20 



black 61 



at New Zealand 21111 



1 lot tie nose, fishery for 204 



howhead 18,74 



distribution of -jn-j 



California gray 4 



captured by arrows and cross-bow 196 



capture of, by poisons 249 



with nets 247 



common apparatus of capture 250 



cutting in 277 



decided to be "royal fish " 39 



difficulties of capturing 266 



dimensions of California gray t.l 



drift 28 



disputes ahout 30 



in Massachusetts . 26 



regulations concerning 33 



early abundance of 193 



methods of cutting in 31 



finback, cruising grounds for 23 



on Pacific coast 4 



finning out 269 



food of 42,. r .G,2ti4 



former abundance of 7,31 



geographical distribution of 7 



getting fast to 202 



glue from 4 



going on the 258 



guano from 4 



harpooning 260 



humpback, distribution of 22 



in Gulf of Saiut Lawrence ... 211! 



on Pacific coast 4 



in Boston Harbor 26 



Indian names for 62 



killer, destroy fur-seals 352,353 



killing of, by poison 196 



manner of defending themselves 262 



maternal affection of 268 



method of capturing 45, 255-277 



cutting in :,:; 



saving products of 277-288 



stripping blubber from 278 



movements of, at Barbadoes 214 



from Hudson Bay to Bering 



Strait !)7 



New Zealand Berardius 212 



number taken at Greenland, 1699 to 177- mi 



by Dundeeo steamers ui-j 



\orwegians, 18G(i to 1884 195 



pii.-- headed 209 



raising the 255,270 



rate of speed of 265 



right, at Australia 



on Pacific coast 4 



Russian, in Arctic Ocean 56 



scarcity and .shyness of 6 



