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INDEX 



Kamehameha, sails into Honolulu harbour, 



193. 

 Kate Cory, captured by the Alabama, 234. 

 Kathleen, struck by a whale, 309. 

 Kearsarge, takes the Alabama, 234. 

 Killer whale, feared by devilfish, 9; the terror 



of the seas, 11; attacks Captain George 



Pollard's boat, 303. 

 Kingfisher, captured by the Alabama, 233. 

 Kolchoff, Lieutenant Alexis, a member of the 



Bear rehef party, 274. 



Labrador, early whaling off, 21. 



Lafayette, appeals to Nantucket whalemen, 



91. 

 Lagoda, bought by Jonathan Bourne, 157; 



half-size model of the, 322. 

 Laing, John, description of the Resolution, 39. 

 Lancer, sets sail, 209; takes a blackfish, 210; 



sights sperm whales, 210; mutiny on board 



the, 215. 

 Larsen, Captain C. A., sails for Antarctic, 



326; floating factory in the Ross Sea, 329; 



opinion of canned whale meat, 332. 

 Lay system, used by Dutch, not by English, 



35. 

 Lay and Hussey, account of voyage of the 



Globe, 127; saved by the natives, 140; 



return, 143. 

 Lafayette, captured by the Alabama, 234. 

 Leo, John, description of whales at Messa, 



337. 

 Levi Starbuck, captured by the Alabama, 233. 

 Lewis, Leroy S., description of passengers on 



the Arnolda, 202. 

 Logs of steam whalers dull, 278. 

 "Lone" whales, habits of, 302. 

 Long Island whaling, annoyed by New York, 



79. 

 Lopar, James, agrees to instruct Nantucketers 



in whaling, 74. 

 Louisa Hatch, a prize taken by the Alabama, 



233. 

 Lovelace, Governor Francis, appoints two 



inspectors for Long Island, 79. 

 Lyra, approaches the Globe, 130; loses the 



Globe, 134. 

 Lynn, engages in whaling, 154. 

 Macedonian, attempted rescue of three of 



Essex crew, 305. 

 Macomber, Caroline Francis, lost, 198. 

 Macy, Captain William H., account of attack 



on a sperm whale, 162. 

 Madmen on board whalers, 257. 

 Margarett, a whaling schooner, 316. 

 Marie, hails the Cape Horn Pigeon, 296. 

 Marshall, James W., discovers gold in Cah- 



fornia, 191. 

 Maryland, attacked by the Spaniards and 



French, 94. 

 Massachusetts, ofifers bounties on oil, 89. 

 Maurice vs. Judd, trial of, 121. 

 Maury, Lieutenant M. F., makes chart of the 



world's whaling grounds, 148. 

 May day festivities on board a whaler, 40. 

 Mayflower, whale sighted from, 71. 

 Melancholia, on board whalers, 127; remark- 

 able case of Captain Clothier Peirce, 240; 



case of Captain Thomas Peabody, 255. 

 Melville, Herman, description of a whaler's 



cabin, 102; a member of the crew of the 



Acusknet, 155. 

 Mermaid, captured by the Calhoun, 226. 

 Messa, John Leo's description of whales at, 



337. 

 Messman, George, the last whalebone cutter 



In New York, 318. 

 Milan decrees, effect on American whaling, 95. 



Milo, captured by the Shenandoah and placed 

 under bond, 236. 



Minerva, taken by the French, 93. 



Minerva, only vessel of Arctic fleet which re- 

 turned to America, 269. 



Minnesota, log book of the, 240; mutiny on 

 board the, 249. 



Mirage, seen by the Essex crew, 305. 



Missionaries, whalemen's opinion of, 174. 



Montezuma, captured by the Essex, 117. 



Morea, food supply on board the, 200; log 

 book of the, 255. 



Morning Star, whale signals of, 343. 



Monck, Captain John, account of Spitz- 

 bergen whalers at work, 27. 



Mount Wollaston, sails out of Gloucester, 154. 



Mulford, Samuel, petitions the king, 80. 



Muscovy Company, whaling voyages, 21; 

 competes with the Dutch, 22; opposition to 

 "interlopers." 25; sold in 1622, 26. 



Mutiny, on board whalers, 127; on board 

 the Globe, 130; of Negro crew, 157; on 

 board the Sharon, 185; due to crew's 

 desire to reach California, 195; on board 

 the Golconda, 199; on board the Lancer, 

 215; on board the Minnesota, 249; on board 

 the Junior, 344. 



Nancy, captured by the Reliance and recap- 

 tured by the Eagle, 94. 



Nantucket, secures Cape Cod whalemen as 

 teachers, 74; Indians find a sperm whale at, 

 75; suffers from French and Indian War, 

 76; secures protection from the British 

 crown, 85. 



Nantucket, rescues the Ann Alexander's crew, 

 307. 



Nantucket whaling, comes to an end, 92. 



Narvarck, caught in the ice-pack, 270; burned 

 by her shipwrecked crew, 271. 



Negroes, take part in whaling, 156. 



Nereyda, attacked by the Essex, 116. 



New Bedford, turns from whaling to manu- 

 facturing, 190. 



New Bedford Free Public Library, excellent 

 collection of whaling literature in the, 320. 



New Bedford whaling, beginning of, 77; 

 a story of sixty years ago, 204; present 

 condition of, 311. 



New England whalemen, character of, 225. 



Newfoundland, early whaling in, 17, 18; 

 first modem whaling station established in, 

 327. 



Newfoundland whaling, Richard Whit- 

 bourne's description of, 343. 



Newport, caught in the ice-pack, 271. 



New Zealand, community whaling in, 64. 



New Zealander, captured by American vessels, 

 118. 



Noordsche Company, Dutch whaling mono- 

 poly, 24. 



Nootka Indians, method of whaling, 95; group 

 of, in Peabody Museum, Cambridge, 323. 



Norfolk, joins the Dee, 52. 



Norwegians, to-day the acknowledged master 

 whalemen of the world, 332. 



Norwegian whaling, increase of, 63; still 

 thriving, 324; revolutionized by invention 

 of the harpoon gun, 325. 



Nye, captured by the Alabama, 234. 



Nye, Captain Ebenezer F., captured by 

 James Iredell Waddell, 236; warns whale- 

 men of the Shenandoah's approach, 237. 



Ocean Rover, taken by the Alabama, 230. 



Ocmulgee, captured by the Alabama, 230. 



Officers of whalers, not always brutal, 54; 

 character, 198; mete out punishment, 201. 



Ohio, captain's daughter bom on board the, 

 199. 



