INDEX 



351 



Emeline, 275. 



Emigration, of Nantucket whalemen, 



36. 

 Enderby, Charles, 37, 237, 238n, 239, 



283n. 

 English Muscovy Company, 20-21. 

 Envoy, colorful history of, 275-76. 

 Essex, tragic fate of, 192. 

 Etiquette, dining, 133-35. 

 Eunice H. Adams, 305-06. 

 Europa, 294. 



Exactions, of colonial governors, 29-30. 

 Excitement, of lowering for whales, 



202-10. 

 Exploitation, commercialized system 



of, 14, 88-106, 241-42. 

 Exports, of whaling products, 8. 



Fabius, 232, 250, 2SZ-S3 ', crew ac- 

 counts of, analyzed, 322; statistics 

 of cash advances, 255-56. 



Fairhaven, 9, 275, 287, 305. 



Falkland Islands, 150. 



Fate, of American whalers, 303-04. 



Fayal, 53. 



Fear, of "going on to a whale," 179. 



Fiji Islands, 7, 149, 151. 



Fire, risk of, 193-94. 



Fisher, Daniel, 334n. 



Fitting ship, charges for, 263. 



Fleet, American whaling, expansion 

 of, 38; in 1906, 308; statistics of, 

 5-6, 41, 45; value of in 1844, 326. 



Flogging, 75, 77-78, 82, 122. 



"Flurry," 162. 



Folger, Peter, 187. 



Food, whalemen's 96-97, 130-33; cost 

 of, 267-71. 



Foodstuffs, on whalers, statistics of, 

 269-71. 



Forecastle, description of, 126-28 ; 

 failure to charge rent for, 267. 



Foremast hands, character of, 108 ; 

 duties of, 120. 



"Foul line," dangers of, 187-88. 



Galapagos Islands, 87. 



"Gamming," 16, 141-42. 



Ganges, 43. 



Gardner, Edmund, 187. 



Gardner, George W., 39, 85. 



Gay Head Indians, 50. 



"Gear," whaling, 157. 



Girdwood, J., 107. 



"Glip," 158. 



Globe, 39; mutiny on, 199. 



Bartholomeiv Gosnold, earnings of, 

 274. 



"Great Stone Fleet," sinking of, 289, 

 291, 303. 



Green hand, 62, 91-92, 120. 



Greenland, 20, 151. 



Grinnell, Joseph, 270. 



Grounds, whaling, 40, 43, 149-50; 

 method of traversing, 153-54. 



Guilds, mediaeval, analogy of whal- 

 ing ranks to, 229. 



Hamburg, 20, 21. 



Harpoon, experiments with, 44n.; 

 toggle, 44. 



Harpooner, typical, 57. 



Harriet, 190. 



Hazards, of whaling, 13; description 

 of, 183-201. 



Hazen, Jacob A., 92. 



"Hazing," 121. 



Henry, 194. 



Holden, Horace, 198. 



Holidays, on shipboard, 130. 



Holmes, Lewis, 281. 



Holstein, 21. 



Honolulu, 7, 151-52, 259, 293-94, 306- 

 07; as a whaling port, 111-13; po- 

 lice regulations in, 112-13. 



"Horse-pieces," 169. 



Hosmer, Captain, 190. 



Hoivard, 191. 



Hudson Bay, 28, 150. 



Hull, 21. 



Humpback whale, 148. 



Huntting, Captain, 187. 



Hussey, Christopher, 27. 



Hussey, Cyrus, 199. 



Ice, in Arctic, dangers of, 195-97. 



Iceland, 19. 



Illness, on whaling vessels, iii, 138. 



Impressment, 38. 



Indians, as whalemen, 23-24, 50-51. 



Industry, American whaling, iptatis- 



tics of in 1844, 323-25. 

 Inexperience, of whaling crews, 57- 



Infitter, activities of, 102-04; services 

 rendered by, 262. 



Insurance, marine, in whaling indus- 

 try, 273, 279-80; abuse of by own- 

 ers, 312; charges for, 256. 



Interest, on cash advances, 312; crit- 

 icism of, 257-58. 



Investment, in whaling, 315. 



