206 The Commercial Products of the Sea. 



Whalebone, as it is erroneously termed, is another 

 valuable product of this fishery. 



FIG. 14. 



i. Greenland or right whale ; 2. Spermaceti whale. 



The whale-fins imported into the United Kingdom in 

 the last ten years have been as follows : 



1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 



1873 

 1874 



1875 

 1876 



Cwts. 

 2740 

 3800 

 1680 

 4260 



2853 

 2831 



3544 

 2911 



1871 



1799 



Value. 



67,876 



34,958 

 79,482 



45,178 



51,558 

 64,618 

 54,920 

 42,240 



47,144 



A flourishing establishment has grown up in the 

 vicinity of the small town of Vadso, at the entrance of the 

 Waranger Fiord, Norway, under the auspices of a Mr. Foyn, 



