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they had got one whale between them; hey told that Jenkius & Dunham had got four whales 

 between them, and Allen & Pease had got 2 whales between them. Lat. 42.57. Sunday, August 

 9th. Saw sperm-whales ; struck two, and killed them between us, (naming their escort). August 

 10th. Cut up our blubber into casks; tilled 35 hhds. ; our partner filled 33 hhds. Judged our- 

 selves to be not far from the Banks. Finished stowing the hold. August 20. Lat. 44 deg. 2 min. 

 This morning spoke with Thomas Gibbs ; had got 110 bbls ; told us he had spoke with John Aikin, 

 and Ephraim Delano, and Thomas Nye. They had got no oil at all. Sounded ; got no bottom. 

 Thomas Gibbs told us we were but two leagues off the Bank.' The Betsey probably arrived home 

 about the middle of September. In 1762 she apparently made another voyage, though the jour- 

 nal up to the 2d of September is missing. On that date they spoke ' Shubel Bunker and Benja- 

 min Paddock.' On the 3d of September they ' Knocked down try- works.'* Ou the 15th they spoke 

 Henry Folger and Nathan Coffin." 



RESTRICTIONS TO AMERICANS WHALING IN GULP OF ST. LAWRENCE. "About this time 

 a new element entered into antagonism with colonial whaling in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and 

 vicinity. Scarcely had the colonists aided to wrest this fishery from the French, when the English 

 governors, in their turn, strove to keep our vessels from enjoying its benefits. lu the News-Letter 

 of August 8, 1765, is the following statement : ' Tuesday one of the sloops which has been on the 

 Whaling Business returned here. We hear that the Vessels employed in the Whale Fishery from 

 this and the neighbouring Maritime Towns,t amounting to near 100 Sail, have beeu very successful 

 this Season in the Gulph of St. Lawrence and Streigths of Belle isle; having, tis said, already made 

 upwards of 9,000 Barrels of Oil.' But this rosy-colored report was speedily followed by another of 

 a more somber hue. In August 22, the same paper says : 'Accounts received from several of our 

 Whaling Vessels on the Labrador Coast, are, that they meet with Difficulties in regard to their 

 fishiug, in Consequence of Orders from the Commanding Officers on that Station, a Copy of which 

 are as follows : 



"'MEMORANDUM: In Pursuance of the Governor's Directions, all masters of Whaling Vessels, 

 and others whom it may concern, are hereby most strictly required to observe the following Par- 

 ticulars, viz : 



"'1 To carry the useless Parts of such Whales as they may catch to at least Three Leagues 

 from the Shore, to prevent the Damage that the neighbouring Fishers for Cod and Seal sustain 

 by their being left on the Shore. 



'"2 Not to carry any Passengers from Newfoundland or the Labrador^ Coast to any Part of 

 the Plantations. 



" '3 To leave the Coast by the first of November at farthest. 



'"4 Not to fish in any of the Ports or Coasts of Newfoundland lying between Point Richi and 

 Cape Bonavista. 



'"5 Not to carry on any Trade or have any Intercourse with the French on any Pretence. 



" * In other words, took them down. From this it is evident that some vessels were prepared for trying out their 

 oil on hoard. 



"The News-Letter of July 26, 1764, states that one Jonathan Negers, of Dartmouth, while whaling, was so injured 

 by a whale's striking the hoat that he died a few days after." 



" t It is impossible to apportion the vessels among their proper ports. The vessels from Cape Cod and the north- 

 ward cleared at Boston ; those from the Vineyard, at Nautucket ; those at Dartmouth, sometimes at Nantiickefc :md 

 sometimes at Newport." 



