878 



INDEX. 



Whale fishery, electric apparatus in 249 



embargo on, in 1757 103 



English, in 1779 122 



1768 139 



expense of transshipment of cargo. 159 

 extended south of equator in 1774 - 400 



financial arrangements 291-294 



tinning out 269 



fleet of the world in 1846 and 1880. 192 



forays by English vessels 124 



French 60,71,207 



gamming in 259 



general review of 3 



German 71 



getting fast to the whale 262 



going on the whale 258 



Gulf of Saint Lawrence 104 



hailing ports of fleet 171,172 



history and present condition of.. . 1-218 



Hudson Bay 94 



in Davis Strait, statistics of 98 



Indian Ocean, origin of 07 



John Adams on 123, 135 



largest fleet in 1846 145 



length of voyages in 24 



licenses for 38, 39 



loss from disasters 83 



lowering for 257 



methods of 49, 66, 214 



capture 49, 58, 555-277 



in California 52-58 



Mr. Pitt on 136 



northern limit of 134 



Norwegian methods 196 



of Australia . 192, 208 



Canada 192 



Chili 192 



France 192,207 



Germany 192, 217 



Great Britain 192, 197 



Newfoundland 192 



New Zealand 192, 208 



Norway 192, 195 



Kussia 204 



origin of 33, 192 



on Japan ground, origin of 69 



outfits for .' 237 



Pacific, origin of 67 



permits to vessels iu 127 



products of, iu 1854 145 



profits of 140-162,163,210 



prospeiity of, 1770 to 1775 112 



Proviuceto wu 144 



prussic acid used in 248 



raising whales 25(5, 270 



record of Davis Strait voyages 99, 101 



voyages, 1870 to 1880 .. .174, 192 



regulations concerning 34 



restrictions on 108, 205 



review of foreign 192-218 



revival of, in 1789 140 



Scotch methods of preparing blub- 

 ber 286 



shore 3,40,43,214 



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Whale fishery, Spanish depredations on 116 



statistics of 145, 166, 173 



1771 to 1775 116 



iu 1786 137 



supply stations 24, 25 



total value of products 167 



trade reviews, 1868 to 1884 146-166 



transferred to France and England- 132 



trouble with France iu 1798 140 



value of boat outfit 56 



products of Dundee 202 



vessels lost in 80, 95 



Whale-foots, uses of 4 



Whale intestines, uses of 63 



Whale, killer ___ 62 



Whale line, dangers from fouling 275 



material and length of 252 



Whale meat 216 



Whale oil, Arctic, price of 147,148,154 



at Barbadoes 214 



average price, 1821 to 1880 170 



each month, 1868 to 1880 . 167 



bleached winter 4 



boiling and stowing 285 



by Dundee steamers 202 



competition with other oils 163 



consumption of 146-165 



double-bleached winter 4 



duty on exports of 37 



early methods of preparing 31 



effect of introduction of cotton-seed oil 



on 149 



exports 105,116 



1860tol884 166 



for food 63 



freight on 146 



greatest yield in 1851 146 



home consumption, 1860 to 1884 165 



humpback, price of 147, 154 



foots of 4 



for illumination 136 



exportation 26 



freezing of 4 



from Davis Strait 99-101 



North Pacific, statistics of 84 



gummiuess of 288 



grades of 140 



market grades of 4 



method of storing i n docks 4 



stowing 238 



monthly receipts of, 1868 to 1880 ....... 168 



natural winter 4 



prepared as lubricator 5 



price of Arctic 160,161 



humpback 160, 101 



quantity from different grounds 8 



iu white whale 204 



taken by each vessel 175-192 



in!880 4 



used for illumination 139 



receipts, 1860 to 1884 166 



soap from 4 



Scotch methods of preparing 286 



spring-make bleached 4 



