INDEX. 
A. 
Allen, Robert, bomb lance invented by, 83 
Ambergris, nature of, 97; value of, 97; in Morocco, 97 
Arctic Ocean, bowhead whale in, 83; dangers and losses in, 65; 
disaster of 1871 in the, 79; first whaler in, 60; principal 
grounds now in, 64; season in, 64; whaling, begun in, 52; 
wintering in, 62 r 
Arctic regions, an account of, 1 
Bahama Islands, whaling about, 27, 33 
Baleen whale, 83 
Barnstable, Mass., first whaling from, 30, 68 
Bath, Me., 53 
Belle Isle, Straits of, whaling ground in, opened, 34; restrictions 
on whaling in, 35 
Bering Straits, whaling ground, 59, 66; vessels captured in, 78 
Bermuda, ambergris and whale oil at, 20 
Bibliography, 132-134 
Biscay, Bay of, whaling at, 8, 9, 11; longer voyages from, 11 
Biscayan, and Icelanders unite, 12; fishery, importance of, 12; in 
other fleets, 15; natives as whalemen, 11; rivals of English, 14; 
vessels of, in St. George’s Bay, 13; whaling abandoned by, 12 
Boat. See Whaleboat; Vessels 
Boat Whaling, origin of, 22 
Bomb lance, 83 
Boston, Mass, 36, 40, 48; whaling fleet from, before 1775, 30 
Boston News Letter, reference to, 28, 29, 31 
Bounties, effect of, 42; Dutch, 18; English, 16; Massachusetts, 41; 
Royal, to colonial fishery, 34; and trade, effect on, 104; to aid 
Nantucket, 42 
Bowhead Whale. See Baleen. 
Braintree, Mass., 41 
Brazil, coast of, whaling along, 28 
Bristol, R. I., 41, 45, 50, 68 
Bucksport, Me., 53 
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