2S WHALE-FISHEllY, 



of three to four thoubiaiul pounds *. But tliougli 

 the Dutch made a dreadful outcry against the pro- 

 ceedings of the Englisli, we iind the latter afford- 

 ing assistance and protection to some of the crew 

 of a Dutch vessel who had been separated from 

 their ship in a fog, whilst engaged, in opposition to 

 the orders of the English Admiral, in conveying 

 away from the land the produce of a whale they had 

 taken f : and we also find, that while the Dutch 

 were highly indignant at the opposition received 

 from the English, yet they themselves assumed the 

 same right over some Spanish vessels which enter- 

 ed the Sound where they lay, by prohibiting them 

 from fishing, and forcing them to depart :['. 



The Dutch, who constantly exhibited an uncom- 

 mon degree of perseverance in all their commercial 

 undertakings, were not to be diverted from partici- 

 pating in so lucrative a branch of commerce, with- 

 out a struggle, made an attempt, in 1(3 14, to con- 

 tinue the trade, notwithstanding their discourage- 

 ment, on a plan so extensive, as to combine the 

 resources of the principal cities and sea-port towns 

 of the United Provinces. In the first instance. 



* Purchas's " Pilgrimes," &c. vol. iii. p. 467- 

 f De Bry, torn. iii. p. 59. 

 X Idem, vol. iii. p. 58. 



