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Wclllleet. Mass., whale-fishery statistics, 1771 to 



1775 Ill, 



whaling licet of 172 



\Vcll smacks, lobster tii'.'.i, i,- : 



Wells, Me., lobster fishery at 770 



Inlistrrs at 71 W 



Westerly, R. I., natural oyster beds in .Ml 



Western (i round, sperm whales on 9 



West liulic's, humpback whales at 23 



West port. Conn., oyster planting at 535 



Westport. Mass.. census of whaling licet ( 173 



lobster li si H TV ut ~i -'' 



whaling licet of 3, 17'.' 



voyages I'nuii, 1S70 to 



i ii !76-i'.i2 



West, port, Me., lobsters at 720,761 



Westport Point, Me., lobsters at 7(17 



Westport Kivcr, Massachusetts, oysters in f-IH 



West Tisbury, Mass., lobster laws at 727 



lobsters at 710 



Weymouth, Mass., oysters at ."iii'.i 



Whale blubber as fooil 62. i>3 



Whale-boat, color of 242 



cost of ."i'J 



dimensions of 241 



durability of 2-12 



equipment of 240 



for shore whaling at New Zealand. . . . '411 



general description of 240 



locomotive appliances of 241 



lost from vessel 27(i 



material of construction 241 



method of transporting 242 



officers and men of 224 



outfit of 214,217 



price of 242 



racing with 260 



rigging the 230 



selection of ere w of 229 



spare . 245 



speed of 241 



steam 246 



used in seal fishery 426 



weight of 242 



Whalebone, Arctic, price of 147 



statistics of 84 



average price, 1-21 to 16 170 



each month 1868 to 1880. 167 



bounty on 32 



bo whead 5 



exports of, 17. r i8 to 1763 in:, 



in 17(i:i 104 



1770 116 



1865 to 1884 K',7 



tinback 5 



first brought to Eugland 192 



from Davis Strait 99-101 



finback whales 42 



North Pacific, statistics of - 1 



grades of 5 



greatest yield in 1853 146 



home consnmpt ion, 1865 to 1884 167 



humpback 5,56 



\alue of 147 



Pager 



Whalebone in (illlf of Saint Lawn-lice 'Jill 



.lapan Sea 156 



monthly receipts of, IN;,- lolHHO ICiS 



northwest 5 



] ire para t ion of 5 



price of 2l(i 



Arctic ir,'. i, 161,162 



Smith Sea 151), 1111, 1(12 



proportion from different oceans 8 



qnanliU I'm in ilill'ercnt grounds H 



taUen b\ each Vessel 17fi-li2 



receipts, ISI15 to 17*4 1C.7 



size of 5 



.South Sea 5 



statistics of, at New /ea la nil 



. ill 1880 4 



taken at 1'ro vim-clown :: 



by Dundee steamers ,MI-.' 



Scotch strainers 198-200 



taxes paid in 37 



total production in 1*72 I .VI 



uses of 5 



yearly receipts and value, Is-JCto ISMI. 170 



\\ hale, bones of, used for soap-making 57 



captured in Charleston Harbor 49 



fishery, accidents in 272 



apparatus of 218,247-290 



capture 247-255 



in Norway IDG 



Arctic 204 



at Barhadncs 214 



Atlantic Ocean 148 



at Mozambique Ktti 



boiling and stowing oil 285 



bounty in.. 32,66,157, 102, 104, 131, 1 '.17. 207 



British 6(5 



by Biscayans 192 



Dutch 7 



Makah Indians 3! Mi 



capital in 3, li.~>, 173 



causes of decline of ."> 



census statistics of licet for 1880... 173 



code of signals in 257 



condition of, in 1775 11(1 



1789 67 



cruising grounds 7-24 



cutting in and trying out 277-288 



tackle -'-o 



dangers from ice 75 



of 58,515 



Danish 71 



Davis Strait 94 



decline of, in 17-li 13t> 



depredations by privateers on 113 



development of sperm t',3 



division of profits of 291 



Dutch 1'.'3 



early care of products 31 



history of American '''' 31 



laws regulating 28 



effects of, on cod fishing HH 



Revolutionary war on... 118 



war of 1755 on 105 



1-12 on .. 141 



