35^ 



Isaac Hoiuland, 63. 



INDEX 



Jackson, Josiah H., 244. 



James Maury, 62, 250, 252, 260, 264, 

 318-21; cargoes and prices secured 

 by, 330; charges for fitting and dis- 

 charging, 263 ; interest charged on, 

 256-57; prices secured by, 2920. 



Janet, 189. 



Japan Ground, 149. 



Japan Sea, 188. 



Japanese, as early whalemen, 18. 



Java, 150. 



Java Head, 7, 300. 



Jefferson, Thomas, 32. 



Johnson, Albert, 244. 



Junior, mutiny on, 198-99. 



Junius, 195. 



"Junk," 167, 169. 



Kamchatka, 46, 150. 



Kanaka, 52n., 53, 185, 189, 300-01. 



Kathleen, 192. 



Kerguelen, 150. 



Kingsmill Islands, 149. 



Kirby, H. S., 33in. 



Kodiak Ground, 43. 



Labor, policy of whaling owners, 69- 

 73 ; supply, numerical adequacy of, 

 228; turnover, see Desertion; un- 

 skilled, on shore, average wages of, 

 239-40. 



Ladrone Islands, 195. 



Lady Adams, 191, 194. 



Lagoda, 294; diversified ownership 

 of, 278; profits made by, 282. 



Lagoon-whaling, in California, 43. 



Landsharks, 88-89. 



Laurence, Manuel, 259. 



Lay, amount of, 312; division of risk, 

 220-24; and economic theory, 220- 

 24; as fractional share of net pro- 

 ceeds, 217; as main credit item, 

 265 ; as means of diminishing own- 

 ers' risk, 278 ; as unique form of 

 wage payment, 220-23 ; deductions 

 from, 226-27; for voyage of the Ben- 

 jamin Tucker, 218; fractional course 

 of, 229-36; gross, statistics of, 321; 

 how calculated, 15, 218-20; inade- 

 quacy as incentive, 227; relation to 

 profits, 222-23 ; officer's vs. foremast 

 hand's, 235-36; settlement of bal- 

 ances resulting from, 219 ; statistics 

 of, 231-32, 235. 



Lay, William, 199. 



Legal status, of seamen, 74-78. 



Leonidas, 190. 



Lion, 191, 230, 232; division of net 



proceeds, 286n. 

 Liquor, on shipboard, 136. 

 Living quarters, on shipboard, 125- 



27. 

 "Lobscouse," 131. 

 Log-Book», whaling, 177; pictorial 



records in, 178. 

 London, 29. 



Long Island, 24-25, 28-29, 48-49> 304- 

 Lookouts, whaling, 154-56. 

 Lopar, James, 26. 

 Loper, 276. 



Lowering, for whales, see Pursuit. 

 Lydia, 194; early voyage of, 230, 232. 



Macy, Obed, 26. 

 Madagascar, 150. 



Magnolia, i25n., 258; method of in- 

 suring, 280. 



Mail, method of distributing, 87. 



Manufacture, of whaling products, de- 

 scription of, 334-35. 



Marcella, 258, 267, 269; division of 

 net proceeds, 286n.; sample slop- 

 chest accounts from, 253-55; sta- 

 tistics of voyages, 318-21. 



Margaretta Bay, 260. 



Miaria, 98 ; picturesque career of, 

 304. 



Marine Bible Societies, 107. 



Mariners' Homes, 96, 107. 



Marion, 305. 



Marion <vs. Moody, 77-78. 



Markets, for whaling products, 36, 38. 



Maro, 40. 



Mars, 250, 266-67, 269. 



Marshall Islands, 197. 



Martha's Vineyard, 25, 29, 48, 333. 



Massachusetts, 29, 32, 35; wages of 

 unskilled labor in, 239. 



Massachusetts Bay Colony, 25. 



Mates, duties of, on whalers, 119. 



Mather, Richard, 24. 



Maury, M. F., i49n. 



Medicine-chest, 137; charge for, 264. 



Melville, Herman, 134, 173, 175, 205, 

 208, 2i4n. 



Mentor, 198. 



Menus, sample, of meals on whalers, 



131- 

 Mercantilism, 21. 



