xiv I'lST OF I'l.ATES TO SECTION V. 



Vol. I*»j;c. 



194. Wliali'incii'a bnrpnons Hi 250 



Fig. 1. Inipiovcd liarpuoii or tDj^Hlc-iioii now in general iiso. 



FiG.s. -i, 3. First form of tofjulfiroii iiiiiile by Lewis Teniplo. 



Fig. 4. One-tlneil liarpooii with liin{,'ed toggle. 



Fig. 5. One-flued barpoon. 



Fig. 6. Twofliieil barpoon. 



Fui. 7. Toggle-iron invented by Proviucetown whaleman; not in nse. 



195. English harpoons 11, 250 



Fig. 1. Olil-style hand-barpoon ; now little n»eA. 

 Fig. 2. I land- harpoon in general use abont 1857. 

 Fig. 3. Hand-harpoon now in general nse on Scotch whalers. 

 Drawings by Capt. William Adams, Dundee. Scotland. 



196. Fig. 1. English harpoon-gnn and guuhar|ioou now in use on Scotch whalers II, 252 



Fig. 2. Au early form of English whaling-gnn II, 252 



Figs. 3, 4,5. Mason and Cnnuiiigbam monuting boatgnn; a recent invention. (Explanation 



with plate) H, 252 



107. Fig. 1. Pierce and Cunningham darting-gun ; a combined harpoon and lance used largely by 



Arctic whalemen. (Explanation with plate) II, 254 



Fig. 2. Cnnningham and Cogan gun ; length, 'i'i inches; weight, 27 pounds; used by Arctic steam 



whalers with bomb lance II, 253 



Fig. 3. Brand innzzleloading whaling-gun and bomb lance II, 2.V3,y54, 



255 



199. Fins. 1,2,3,4. Pierce bonib-lanco. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 2.54, 2B7 



Fig. 5. Pierce and Eggers breech-loading gun. (Explanation on page opposite plate; 11, 253, UG7 



199. Whaling rocket. (Explanation on page opposite plate) 11, 254 



200. Boat fastened to whale by harpoon and line ; killing the whali- willi lionib lance II, 262,21)7 



From painting by J. S. R3'der. 



201. Natives harpooning the beluga, or white whale, at Cook's Inlet. Alaska 11, 61 



Drawing by H. W. Klllott, 1883. 



202. Aleuts planting glass, obsidian, and jade darts in a school of linmiiliaek whales at Akoou Island, 



Bering Sea II, til, 62 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



203. Makah Indians whaling at entrance to Fuca Straits II, 62 



Drawing by H. W. ElUott, 1883, 



204. Cutting in the bowhead and sperm whales. (Explanation on page opposite jilate) II, 277,286 



Drawings by Capt. C. M. Scammon and Cnpt. W. II. Barnes. 



205. Fig. 1. Boat spade to stop running whale II, 264 



Fig. 2. Narrow cutting spade or thin boat spado 11. 2^1 



Fig. 3. Flat or round shank spade H, 281 



Fig. 4. Cutting spade for scarfing blubber H, 281 



Fig. 5. Cutting spade for leaning up II, 281 



Fig. 6. Half-round sp.ade II, 281 



206. Cutting blocksanil tackle. (Explanation on page opjjosite plate) 11, 277-281 



207. A ship on the northwest coast of America cutting in her last right whale II, 277 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a Fronch lilhngraph ilisigneil by I!. Kus-tcll. of Wew liedloid. 



208. " Bailing in the case" of a sperm whale H, 277 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a Frcnili litLograph designed by B. Russell, of Kew Bedford. 



209. Fig. 1. Blubber uiincing-kuife. 

 Fig. 2. Boarding-knife. 



Fig. 3. Monkey-belt. 

 Fig. 4. Wooden toggle. 

 Fig. 5. Chain-strap. 

 Fig. 6. Throat-chain. 

 Fig. 7. Fin toggle. 

 Fig. 8. Head-strap. 

 Fig. 9. Blubber-hook. 



210. Whale-ships at New Bedford wharf; ship hove down for repairs; oil-casks II, 2^9,290 



From pbotograpb by U. S. Fish CommiSHion. 



TlIK HLACKFISII AND PORPOISE FISHERY. 



211. Capture of a s<hool of blacklish in Cape Cod Bay 11, 295,307 



Diawing liy II. \V. Elliott from a ski"t<:h by -J. S. R.yder. 



