fSO whale-fishery; 



procured a greater number of fish, than fouj- times' 

 the number of vessels did, which sailed to the 

 fishery, in a fonner period of 38 years. This fact 

 is a striking illustration of the improvement in the 

 talent exercised by tlie fishers of the present day. 

 On an average of five years, ending with 1818,. 

 the Whitby whalers have procured 103^ tons of oil 

 per ship each voyage, being 11 tons troyq per ship 

 each voyage, than the general average of the north- 

 ern fishing during the same period. 



Instead of going through with the comparative 

 view of the fishery of the different ports, which 

 would be too tedious to be interesting, I shall con- 

 clude this account of the whale-fishery by the Bri- 

 tish, with a Table, showing the relative success of 

 the ships fitted out of different ports, during th© 

 four years, ending with 1817 



