INDEX 



355 



Society Islands, 149. 

 Solidad Reef, 250. 

 South America, 35. 

 Southampton, 25, 29. 

 South Sea Company, 20. 

 South Seas, conduct of whalemen in, 

 109-13; experiences of whalemen in, 

 197-98. 

 Specialization, of function in whal- 

 ing, 224. 

 Spermaceti, 4, 148, 335. 

 Sperm Oil, 4, 148, 334-35; use in 



light-houses, 36. 

 Sperm whale, description of, 145-47. 

 Sperm whaling, less profitable than 



right whaling, 284n. 

 Spitzbergen, 7, 20, 43, 151. 

 Stafford, 185. 

 Starbuck, Alexander, 281. 

 Steam whaling, 307. 

 Steerage, description of, 126. 

 Statistics, of American whaling fleet, 

 41, 45; of American whaling in- 

 dustry, 314; of early Massachu- 

 setts whaling, 32. 

 Statutes, relating to seamen, 74-76. 

 "Stove boat," instances of, 184-87. 

 Sunday, on passage, 130; lowering for 



whales on, 178-79. 

 Superior, 43. 



Supply, of whaling products, 297-99. 

 Surgeon, whaling captain as, 137-38. 

 Susannah, 333. 

 Sweated labor, in whaling, 72-73. 



Tartars, as whalemen, 18. 

 Telegraph, semaphore, 86; in New 



Bedford, 103. 

 Temperance, movement on whalers, 



136. 

 Tempest, unusual voyage of, 275. 

 Thames, 304. 

 Three Brothers, foodstuffs shipped by, 



269-70. 

 Tobacco, use of by whalemen, 135- 



36. 

 Tonnage, of Massachusetts whaling 



fleet, 32; of whaling vessels, 51. 

 Trade, whaling as a, 22?-29. 

 Tristan d'Acunha, 150. 

 Trying-out, description of, 172-76. 

 Try-works, 172-76. 

 Tucker, Charles R., 55, 2790. 

 Tijjo Brothers, 195. 



Union, 191. 



Valparaiso, 193, 199. 



Value, average, of whaling vessels, 

 279; of American whaling fleet, in 

 1844, 326; of whaling vessels, 315. 



Verse, whaling, samples of, 2x4-15. 



Vessels, whaling, condition of, 310. 



Voyages, whaling, length of, 40, 84- 

 86, 234, 297-99; statistics of, 327- 

 29 ; unusually profitable, 276-77. 



Wages, see Lay. 



Wages, monthly, how and when paid 

 on whaling voyages, 225-26. 



"Waif," 165. 



Walker, W. T., 276. 



Wanderer, 308. 



War of 1812, and the American whal- 

 ing fleet, 38, 39. 



Warren, 275. 



Watches, arrangement of, 128-30. 



West, Captain, 136. 



West Indies, 28, 333. 



Westport, 305. 



Whaleboat, 156-57; accidents in, 183- 

 90; description of, 12. 



Whalebone, 4, 148; continued demand 

 for, 295-96; price of, 299, 307. 



Whaleline, 157. 



Whalemen, as explorers, 7. 



Whaler, typical American, 3, 40. 



Whale oil, 4, 148. 



Whitby, 21. : 



Whitecar, W. B., 237. 



Wilkes, Charles, 107, 252, 281. 



William C. Nye, 225, 259; bounty of- 

 fered by, 266; cash advances on, 

 256; statistics of slop-chest charges, 



253- 

 William Gifford, 83. 

 Williams, Major, 136. 

 Windward Islands, 150. 

 Winsloiv, 187. 

 Winslow, C. F., 201. 

 Worth, Benjamin, 85. 

 Worth, George B., 1250. 



Yarmouth, 29. 



Youthfulness, of whaling crews, 57-58. 



Zanzibar, 7, 82-83, 109. 



