Preface. Vv 
versity of Pennsylvania, who has kindly read the manu- 
script and offered helpful suggestions and criticisms; 
to Mr. George R. Phillips, editor of the ‘‘ Whalemen’s 
Shipping List,” and especially to Mr. George H. Tripp, 
Librarian of the New Bedford Public Library, and his 
assistants, for their unfailing courtesy and readiness to 
aid in facilitating my work. 
WALTER S. TOWER. 
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1, 1906. 
