INDEX. 



573 



Places it resorts to, i. 473 — Its ene- 

 mies, i. 474— Flesh used as food, i. 

 475; ii. 14 — Characters of whales 

 in general, i. 477 



Whale, instance of one struck by a 

 Greenland whaler being killed in the 

 sea of Tartary, i. 8 — One stranded 

 on Kamtchatka with a European 

 harpoon in it, iv 9 — A stone iance 

 found in the blubber of one, i. 10 

 —And harpoon of bone, ib. 



— -^— one captured by a singular 

 exploit, ii. 264 — Others on a novel 

 plan, ii. 269 — Surprising vigour if 

 one, ii. 276 — One survived forty 

 hours after being struck, ii. 289 



■ trial respecting the title to a, 



ii. 518 



Whalebone, largest size of, i. 457 — In- 

 equalities in, may be the measure of 

 the age of the whale, ib. — Produce 

 of the whale estimated by the length 

 of, i. 462 — Large importation of, in- 

 to London from Holland, ii. 64 — 

 More afforded by whales taken near 

 Spitzbergen than in Davis' Strait, ii. 

 392 — Description of, ii. 415 — Oc- 

 casional value of, ii. 41 7 — Method 

 of preparing, ii. 418 — Uses of, ii. 

 435 — List of patents for its appro- 

 priation, ii. 436 



Whale-fishery, chronological history 

 of, ii. 1 — Probable origin of, ii. 3— 

 Prosecuted in the 9th century, ii. 6 

 — At an early period by the Ice- 

 landers, ii. 11 — Also by the French, 

 ii. 12 — And probably by the Flnglish, 

 ii. 15 — But most expertly by the 

 Basques and Biscayans, ii. 16 — Fin- 

 whale the object of capture, ii. 16 

 — Spitzbe:-gei. fishery discovered by 

 the English, ii. 19 — Quarrels among 

 different nations resorting thither, 

 ii. 26, 32, 34 — National importance 

 of, ii. 57 — Encouraged by bounties, 

 ii. 72, 73 — Revived by the English, 

 ii. 75 — Greatest cargo, from the, ii. 

 123. — Comparative success, in of ves- 

 sels from different ports of Britain, 

 ii. 131 — national benefit of, to the 

 Dutch, ii. 154, 159 — Profits derived 

 by the Dutch from, ii. 156 



comiiarativc view of, 



among different nations, ii. 96 — By 

 the British, ii. 98 — Of London, ii. 



124_Hull, ib— Whitby, ii. 126— 

 Ireland, ii. 132 — British colonies in 

 America, ii. 134 — Dutch, ii. 138 — 

 Biscayans, ii. 161 — French, ii. 163 

 — Danes, ii. 166 — Germans, ii. 168 

 — Prussians, ii. 171 — Swedes, ib. 



where at first conduct- 

 ed, ii. 172 — How carried on, ib. — 

 Alterations |in the manner of con- 

 ducting," ii. 179 — Season for em- 

 barking in, i. 273 ; ii. 207— Where 

 now conducted, ii. 2^8 — On what 

 success depends, ii. 333 — Acts of 

 Parliament for the regulation of, ii. 

 491 



■ — boats and instruments 



used in, described, ii. 221 — Sche- 

 dule of apparatus necessary for, ii. 

 509 — Preparations for conducting 

 the, ii. 230 — Measures for com- 

 mencing the, ii. 236 — Manner of 

 conducting the, ii. 240 — How con- 

 ducted among packed ice, ii. 257 — 

 Among fields, ii. 259 — Among 

 crowded ice, ii. 266 — Among bay 

 ice, ii. 268— In storms, ii. 272 — 

 In foggy weather, ii. 273 — Proceed- 

 ings in, before flensing, ii. 292— 

 Flensing process in, ii. 298 — Ma- 

 king off, process in, ii. 304 — Signals 

 used in the, ii. 521 



anecdotes illustrative of 



the nature of, ii. 276, 294, 297, 302, 

 331— Laws of, ii. 312— Dangers 

 of, ii. 340 — From ice, ii. 342 — From 

 fogs, ii, 346 — From storms, ii. 348 

 — F"rom cold, ii. 355 — From the 

 entanglementof lines, ii. 357 — From 

 blows from whales, ii. 358 



produce of, subject to 



legislative regulations on importa- 

 tion, ii. 378 



• of Davis' Strait, account 



of, ii. 382— Of Greenland and Davis' 

 Strait compared, ii. 390 



Of the Southern Seas, 



account of, ii. 529 — For the com- 

 mon whale, ii. 535 



Whale-fi.shing stations, situation of, 

 ii. 210 — Proceedings of ships on, ii. 

 236 



Whales shelter themselves among ice, L 

 268— Sustain immense pressure when 

 at great depths in the sea, ii. 249 



— — — used to resort to the Buy of 

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