Index. I41 
M. 
Macy, Obed, 4, 24, 26, 27, 28, 36, 37, 43, 80, 101 
Madagascar, whaling about, 59 
Magdalena Bay, Cal., lagoon whaling at, 62 
Maine, whaling from, 53 
Martha’s Vineyard, 24, 31, 32, 38 
Massachusetts, fishing colony in, 20; royal charter of, 20; whaling ; 
in, early, 20; established, 21 
Mather, Richard, statement of, 19 
Monterey, Cal., shore whaling at, 60 
Muscovy Company. See Russia Company 
Mystic, Conn., 54 
N. 
Nantucket, Mass., condition of, during Revolution, 39; description 
of, 26; history of, 2; Indians employed at, 26; whalemen, remove 
to Nova Scotia, 42; at Dunkirk, France, 12, 42; War of 1812, 
effect of, on, 45; whaling from, 2; after 1800, 25; beginning 
of, at, 23; condition of, at, in 1775, 37; 1770-1775, 28; during 
the Revolution, 38, 39; deep sea, 27; encouragement of, 24, 25; 
fleet of, 32, 40; Long Island, outstripped by, 29; neutralization, 
to aid, 41; system followed, in, 26 
Nets, in whaling, 84 
Newark, N. J., 53 
New Bedford, Mass., 42, 44; history of, 3; imports, annual, at, 130; 
public library of, 7; ““Whalemen’s Shipping List,’ 6; whaling 
from 3; after 1812, 48; before Revolution, 32; first, 32; fleet, 
value of, 54; in golden era, 54; success of, causes for, 56; 
vicinity of, 55 
Newburyport, Mass., 41 
New Jersey, whaling from, 53 
New London, Conn., 31, 40 
Newport, R. I., 31, 36 
New York, first whaling in, 21, 45. See Long Island 
Norwegian, whaling, 9, 11 
Norwich, Conn., 45 
O. 
Oil, petroleum, 77; whale and sperm, see Whale products 
Okhotsk Sea, whaling in, 59, 66 
