Index 143 
San Francisco, Cal., whaling, from, 60, 61, 62, 64; fleet of, 129; 
headquarters at, 62; rendezvous, 63; wintering at, 62 
Scammon, C. M., 3, 42 
Schooners, in whaling, 86 
Scoresby, Wm., 1, 13, 81, 82 
Sherburne. See Nantucket 
“Shipping List, Whalemen’s,” 6 
Ships, whaling, size of, 87 
Shore Whaling, 20, 21, 22, 25, 27; on California coast, 60; system 
used, 61; abandoned, 61 
Sloops, in whaling, first use, 87 
Smith, Captain John, record of whales, 19 
Southampton, N. Y., 22, 23, 29 
South Sea Company, whaling by, 15, 16 
Southwold, N. Y., 22 ° 
Spanish, privateers, 33; whaling, at Spitzbergen, 14 
Spermaceti, 95 
Sperm candles, 110 
Sperm oil, commerce in, 99, 109; exports of, 127; imports of, 126; 
introduced, first, 27; nature of, 94; prices of, 128; uses of, 94 
Sperm whale, first, 26. See Sperm oil 
Spitzbergen, whaling at, division of, 14; English, 13; rivalry for, 
13, 14 
St. Lawrence, Gulf of, ground opened, 34; restrictions on, 35 
Starbuck, Alexander, 3, 19, 22, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37; criticsm of, 4-6 
Statistics, 117; discussion of, 117-120 
Steam, vessels, used in whaling, by Americans, 87; by English, 86; 
launches, 86 
Stonington, Conn., 50, 54 
Swansea, or Swanzey, Mass., 31 
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Thatcher, James, 19, 20 
Tiverton, R. L., 31 
Tonnage, vessel, of whaling fleet, by years, 121; San Francisco 
fleet, 129 
Tremont, Me., 53 
V. 
Vessels, barks, 87; brigs, 87; changes in, 86; crews of, 89; fate 
of, old, 89; history of, 86; launches, steam, used, 86: schoon- 
ers, 86; ships, 87; sloops, 86; steamers, introduced, 62; used, 
87; used now, 88; whaleboats, description of, 86 
