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Contents. 
Early whaling in Connecticut—The Long Island fishery— 
Shore whaling—Boat whaling—Whaling from Martha’s Vine- 
yard—Nantucket whalers—Condition of the fishery at the end 
of the seventeenth century—Subsequent develogment—Rapid 
rise of Nantucket—Organization of “shore” whaling—Capture 
of first sperm whale—Deep sea whaling begun—Extension of 
the voyages—Nantucket whaling before the Revolution—The 
Long Island fishery in the eighteenth century—The Cape Cod 
industry after the year 1800—Provincetown and Davis Straits— 
The fleet from Boston—Rhode Island whaling ports previous 
to the Revolution—Other minor ports—New Bedford whaling 
1755-1775—Whaling difficulties—French and Spanish pri- 
vateers—Royal bounty—Embargo of 1755—Gulf of St. Law- 
rence and Belle Isle fishing grounds—Navigation laws of 1757— 
Importance of colonial whaling interests—Restrictions on 
whaling—Prosperity of 1767-1775—The whaling fleet in 1774— 
The embargo of 1775—The Revolutionary War—Suspension 
of whaling—Nantucket crippled—Special privileges to Nan- 
tucket in 1781—End of the war—Whaling losses during war— 
Revival of whaling—Ports and fleets—Prices—British market 
closed—Hopeless prospect—Massachusetts bounties—Small 
demand and over-production—Depression in whaling—Whale- 
men remove from Nantucket—French market opened—French 
Revolution—Stagnation again—Ups and downs of whaling, 
1800 to 1812—Embargo of 1807—Outbreak of hostilities—Con- 
dition of whaling in 1812—Whaling suspended during the war. 
CHAPTER IV. 
THE GOLDEN ERA OF WHALING (1815-1860), 
Whaling from 1811-1815—Revival of whaling—Nantucket and other 
ports resume operations—Successful voyages, new grounds, 
high prices, good markets—Nantucket in the lead—Growth 
from 1820-1835—Extension in the Pacific—New ports engaged— 
Fleets increased—Condition in 1835—From 1835-1860—The 
industry in 1846—Prosperity after 1846—Causes of the boom of 
1846—Distribution of the fleet—Minor ports 1820-1860—First 
signs of decline—New Bedford as the center of whaling inter- 
ests—The New Bedford district—Foundation of New Bedford 
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