Viii CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND. 



APPENDIX. 



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No. I.— Abstract of the Acts of Parliament at present in 

 force for the Regulation of the Whale-fish- 

 eries of Greenland and Davis' Strait, 491 

 II. — 1. Some Remarks on the most advantageous 



Dimensions of a Whale-Ship, - 506 



2. Additional Notices respecting the Fortifica- 

 tions of a Greenland Ship, - 508 

 III.— -Schedule of the Principal Fishing Apparatus 

 necessary for a Ship, of 300 tons bm-den or 

 upwards, intended to be employed in the 

 Greenland Trade, - - 509 

 IV.— Manner of Mustering the Crew of Whale- 

 Ships, with some account of the Affidavits, 

 Certificates, &c, required by Law, - 512 



v.— Account of a Trial respecting the right of the 

 Ship Experiment, to a Whale struck by one 

 of the Crew of the Neptime ; Gale v. Wil- 

 kinson, - - 518 



VI.— Signals used in the Whale-fishery, - 521 



1. General Signals, - - 522 



2. Particular Signals, - 524 



VII. — Account of some Experiments for determining 

 the Relations between Weight and Measr r- 

 in certain quantities of Whale-Oil, - 525 



VIII. — Some account of the Whale Fishery conducted 



in the Southern Seas, - - 529 



IX.' — Observations and Deductions on the Anomaly 



in the Variation of the Magnetic Needle, as 



observed on Ship-board, - 537 



X. Explanation of the Plates, - - 552 



Index, ------ 561 



