1724.] CHROXOLOGICAL HISTORY. 67 



" ry, with the National and Private Advantages 

 *' thereof* ;" wherein he attempted to sliow " How 

 " the A'Vhale-fishery is, and ouglit to be perform- 

 " ed ;" — " by whom it is chiefly carried on," 

 " and how much to their advantage ;" — " A brief 

 " View of the Early Fishery ; and what have been 

 " the Causes that all the attempts of the English 

 " to retrieve it, were unsuccessful ;" — " and a full 

 " proof that England may retrieve the Trade, and 

 " are able to carry it on to greater advantage than 

 " any other Nation ;" — "and all the known Objec- 

 " tions to the contrar)% answered and removed f ." 

 His reasoning on this subject proved eventually so 

 satisfactory, that, after various re-considerations, 

 and the loss of much time, their debates closed, at 

 que of the general courts of the company, held in 

 1724, with the adoption of a resolution, that the 

 whale-fishery should be attempted t. 



The British Legislature held out encom-age- 

 ments to tliis company, sirnilar to those olFered to 

 former adventurers. By act of Parliament, all the 

 produce of the Greenland Seas was exempted from 

 the existing duties during seven years, from Christ- 

 mas 17'24, on the condition of its being imported 

 in British ships ; the commander, and at least one- 



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* London, 1722, 12mo, 2d edit, published in 172.">. 



f Idem, ]). 20. 



.J: Anderson's Commerce, a. n. 1724'. 



