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NOTES ON TASMAMAN WHALING, 



Whale itself. The Whale was found particularly in the 

 neighbourhood of the S.W. Capo as it passed East and 

 West in its pursuit of the "Squid." The smaller ships 

 from Hobart Town cruised . oft" the Cape and toAved the 

 Whales they secured into Port Davey or Recherche to 

 "try' them out. The larger ships joassed by way of the 

 South West Cape to the various whaling grounds, i.e. — 



Middle GrnundH — Which lay between Sydney and New 

 Zealand and South of Norfolk Island. The famous "Three 

 Kings' and French Rock lay within the Middle Grounds. 



Nortlicrn (ttouiuU — ■Which were north of Norfolk 

 Island and between the Australian Coast and New Cale- 

 donia. These inehided Cato's Banks, AVoodlark Island, 

 St. Christoval's, and the Cumberland Shoals. 



IVcsfcrji (J ran lids — From South West Cape to the 

 Leeuwin, and including Kangaroo Island, South East 

 Island, Portlock's Reef, and Grindley's Island (at West and 

 East end of Great Australian Bight). 



Easfcru Grounds — The Solanders, west of Foveaux 

 Straits, and Chatham Islands (in whaling times the Pyra/- 

 mid). 



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