382 "WIIALE-FISIIERY. 



CHAPTER V. 



ACCOUNT OF THE DAVIs' STRAITS WHALE-FISH- 

 EllY, AND A COMPARISON WITH THAT OF 

 GREENLAND, WITH STATEMENTS OF EXPEN- 

 CES AND PROFITS OF A FISHING SHIP. 



SECT. I. 



Some Account of the Whale-Fish cry, as at jjrc- 

 sent conducted in Davis' Straits, and on the 

 Coast of Labrador. 



X HE maimer of conducting the fishery in Davis* 

 Straits, being so very similar to the proceedings in 

 the Greenland fishery, I shall only notice briefly, 

 such circumstances as are peculiar to the former. 



Ships intended for Davis' Straits, commonly put 

 to sea a little earlier than the Greenland ships. A 

 few years ago, they were in the habit of saihng in 

 the latter part of February ; but, at present, they 

 seldom leave their ports before the beginning or mid- 

 dle of ^larch. On their passage outward, the Davis' 



