yi CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. 



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 Sect. 3. Observations on the Fishery of different 

 latitudes and seasons, and under different 

 circumstances of ice, wind and weather, 207 



4. Description of the Boats and principal In- 



struments used in the capture of the Whale, 221 



5. Preparations for the Fishery, - 230 



6. Proceedings on Fishing Stations, - 236 

 7' Proceedings in capturing the Whale, - 240 



8. Alterations produced in the manner of con- 



ducting the Fishery, by pecidiar circum- 

 stances of Situation and Weather, - 257 



a. Pack-fishing, - ib. 



b. Field-fishing, - 259 



c. Fishing in crowded Ice, or in open Packs, 266 



d. Bay-Ice-fishing, - 268 



e. Fishing in Storms, - 272 

 /. Fishing in Foggy Weather, - 273 



9. Anecdotes, illustrative of peculiarities in the 



Whale-Fishery, - 276 



10. Proceedings after a Whale is killed, - 292 



11. Process of Flensing, - 298 



12. Process of Making-off, - 304 



13. Laws of the Whale-fishery, - 312 



14. Remarks on the Causes on which Success in 



the Whale-fishery depends, - 333 



15. Anecdotes illustrative of the Dangers of the 



Whale-fishery, - - 340 



a. Dangers from Ice, - '' 341 



b. , the nature of the Climate, 346 



c. the Whale, - 356 



16. Proceedings in a Greenland Ship, from lea- 



ving the Fishing Stations, to her arrival in 

 Britain, - _ 36gi 



17. Legislative Regulations on the Importation 



of the Produce of the Northern Whale- 

 fisheries, - - 378 



