PART XV. 



THE WHALE-FISHERY. 



1. HISTORY AND PRESENT CONDITION OP THE FISHERY. 



By A. HOWARD CLARK. 



1 . General review, 

 a. Whaling-grounds. 



3. Early history of boat-whaling in New England. 



4. Boat-whaling during the presmt century. 



5. Development of the sperm-whale li.ihery. 



(i. Development of the North Pacific and Arctic whale- 

 fisherv. 



7. History of the American whale-fishery from 1750 to 



1815. 



8. The whale-fishery of Provincetown. 



9. .Statistical review of the American whale-fishery. 



10. List of whaling voyages from 1870 to I860. 



11. Review of whale-fishery by foreign nations. 



2. THE WHALEMEN, VESSELS, APPARATUS, AND METHODS OF THE FISHERY. 



By JAMES TEMPLEMAN BROWN. 



1. The whalemen. 



2. Whaling vessels. 



3. The whale-boat. 



4. Apparatus of capture. 



5. Methods of capture. 



6. The products and their preparation. 



7. Homeward passage and arrival. 



8. The whalemen's share or lay. 



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