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CHAPTER V. 
THE RISE OF PACIFIC WHALING. 
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First Pacific voyages—Extension of Pacific voyages—First Arctic 
whaler—The first whaler from San Francisco—Shore whal- 
ing at Monterey—The rise of the San Francisco fleet—The 
steam whaler introduced—Wintering in the Arctic—San Fran- 
cisco as a rendezvous—Refineries on the Pacific Coast—San 
Francisco now leads—The Arctic fishery..................-. 58 
CHAPTER: Vi: 
THE DECLINE OF AMERICAN WHALING. 
Statistics of whaling at its height—The decline after 1857—Statis- 
tics for representative years, 1846 to 1906—Extent of the de- 
cline—First ports to abandon the fishery, 1841-1846—More 
rapid decline from 1848-1874—Decline since 1875—Status of 
the fishery, January 1, 1906—Decreasing prices of whale pro- 
ducts—More valuable bone—Causes of whaling decline—Un- 
certainty of the industry—Longer and more expensive voy- 
ages—The California gold fever—The rise of the cotton mill 
in New England—The discovery of petroleum—Whale pro- 
ducts supplanted by petroleum products—Fffects of Civil War— 
Losses during the war—The disaster of 1871—Losses in the 
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CHAPTER ‘VII 
APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CAPTURE; BOATS; 
CREWS; WHALE PRODUCTS AND THEIR USES. 
Primitive instruments—First iron harpoons—The harpoon, line 
and hand lance—The harpoon gun—American whaling guns— 
Bomb lance—The darting gun for Arctic whaling—Whaling 
rocket—Other devices, nets, electricity and poisoned harpoons— 
Vessels used—The whaleboat—Power launches—Sloops— 
Schooners—Ships, brigs and barks in the Pacific—Arctic whal- 
ing and the introduction of steamers—Composition of the pre- 
sent fleet—The fate of whaling vessels—Crews of whaling ves- 
sels—Indians in the colonial fishery—Foreigners in later years— 
“Lay” system of wages—Whaling grounds—Atlantic regions— 
Expansion in the Pacific—Grounds now frequented—Whale 
products—Sperm oil and its uses—Whale oil and its uses— 
Process of refining—Spermaceti—Whalebone and its prepara- 
tion—Increasing value—Uses—Ambergris—In Morocco...... 80 
