CONTENTS OF VOL. II. 



NORTHERN WHALE-FISHERIES, Ssf. 



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CHAP. I. — Chronological History of 

 the Northern Whale-Fisheries, - 1 



CHAP. II. — Comparative View of the Origin, 

 Progress, and Present State of the Whale- 

 Fisheries of different European Nations, 96 

 Sect. L Whale-Fishery of the British, - 98 



2. Whale-Fishery of the British Colonies in 



America, - - 134 



3. Whale-Fishery of the Dutch, - 138 



4. Whale-Fishery of the Spaniards, French, 



Danes, Germans, Norwegians, Prussians 



and Swedes, - I6I 



CHAP. HI.— Situation of the early Whale- 

 Fishery, — Manner in which it was conduct- 

 ed, — and the Alterations which have sub- 

 sequently taken place, - - 172 



CFAP.IV.— Account of the Modem Whale- 

 Fisheiy, as conducted at Spitzbergen, 187 



Sect. 1. Description of a well-adapted Greenland 

 Ship, with the additional strengthenings 

 requisite for resisting the Concussions of 

 the Ice, - - 187 



2. Proceedings on board of a Greenland Ship, 

 fi-om putting to sea to her arrival on the 

 Coast of Spitzbergen, - - 199 



