74 WHALING 



" 1. This court doth order, that all whales killed or wounded 

 by any man & left at sea, sd whale killers that killed or wounded 

 sd whale shall presently repaire to some prudent person whome 

 the Court shall appoint, and there give in the wounds of sd 

 whale, the time & place when & where killed or wounded; and 

 sd person so appointed shall presently comitt it to record and 

 his record shall be allowed good testimony in law. 



''2. That all whales brought or cast on shore shall be viewed 

 by the person so appointed, or his deputy, before they are cut 

 or any way defaced after come or brought on shore, and sd 

 viewer shall take a particular record of the wounds of sd whale, 

 & time & place when & where brought on shore; & his record 

 shall be good testimony in law, and sd viewer shall take care 

 for securing sd fish for the owner." 



Meanwhile, in 1672, Nantucket had sent to Cape Cod and of- 

 ferred James Lopar wood and water for his use, pasturage of one 

 horse, three cows and twenty sheep on the common, and ten 

 acres of land, to remove to Nantucket and there carry on whal- 

 ing. Lopar, it seems, entered into the agreement, but never 

 came. The Nantucketers, still considering the knowledge and 

 experience of the Cape Cod whalemen as superior to their own, 

 persisted in their plan, and eighteen years later persuaded 

 Ichabod Padduck to come to the island to give them lessons in 

 killing whales and trying out oil. 



