Index. 139 
E: 
East Haddam, Conn., 45 
Eastham, Mass., drift whales at, 20 
Easthampton, N. Y., 22, 29 
Electricity, in whaling, 85 
Embargo, of 1755, 34, 37; effect of, on trade, 102; of 1807, 44 
English, Biscayans employed by, 15; duties, 15, 54; whaling, rev- 
enue from, 11; tithes from, 11; from Hull, 13; to Spitzbergen, 
13; failure of, effect of, on American industry, 48 
Exports, annual amounts of, 127; trade, see Commerce 
F. 
Fairhaven, Mass., 48, 49, 51 
Fall River, Mass., 50, 54 
Falmouth, Mass., 30 
Fisheries, of American seas, report on, 3; and fishing industries of 
the United States, 6 
Fleet, American, composition of, in 1906, 88, 112; composition of, 
by years, 121; distribution of, 113; from different ports, by 
years, 122-125; size of, by years, 121; stone fleet, vessels used 
in, 78; tonnage of, by years, 121 
Food, whales as, in France, 10; in Iceland, 10 
France, whaling from, 10; history of whaling, in, 11, 12; revolution 
in, effect of, 12; Spitzbergen fishery, from, 14; treaty, com- 
mercial, with, 104; whales, as food in, 10 
Freeman, Frederick, 20 
French, market, 43; revolution, effect of, 43 
Future, of whaling, 114 
G. 
Gloucester, Mass., 45 
Gold, discovery of, in California, effect of, 74 
Golden Era, 47, 50; causes of, 56; at New Bedford, 57; trade dur 
ing, 107 
Goode, G. Browne, 6 
Gosnold’s journal, 12 
Greenland, company, the, whaling by, 16; whaling near, 19 
Greenport, N. Y., 50, 54 
Greenwich, R. I., 44 
Grounds, whaling, frequented, 92; dates of, 93 
Guinea, coast of, whaling along, 28 
Gun, American whaling, 82; darting, 82; harpoon, invention of, 81, 
shoulder, 82; swivel, 82 
