144 Index. 
Virginia, whaling from, 31 
Voyages, cost of, 74; length of, 73 
Ww. 
Wages, of whalemen, 91 
War, civil, effect of, on whaling, 77; of 1812, effect of, on whaling, 
47; on trade, 105; of Revolution, effect of, on whaling, 38, 39, 40 
Wareham, Mass., 45 
Warren, R. I., 31, 36, 50 
Wellfleet, Mass., 30, 40, 41, 42 
Western Islands, whaling about, 28 
West Indies, trade with, 101 
Westport, Mass., 44, 48, 49 
Whaleboats, description of, 86 
Whalebone, commerce, in, 110; exports of, 127; imports of, 126; 
first into England, 13; importance of, 72; occurrence of, 95; 
preparation of, 96; prices of, 72, 128 
Whale fishery, an account of, 3; colonial, 4; history of, 3; in the 
Pacific, 3 
“Whalemen’s Shipping List,’ 6 
Whale oil, commerce, in, 99, 109; exports of, 127; imports of, 126; 
nature of, 94; prices of, 128; uses of, 94 
Whale products, colonial, exports of, 23; duties on, in New York, 
23. See Whalebone; Whale oil; Sperm oil, etc. 
Whales, abundance, at Nantucket, 26; New England coast, on, 19; 
baleen or bowhead, 83; drift, in Long Island, 22; Massachu- 
setts colonies, 20; food, as, in France, 9; in Iceland, 10; right, 
first, 51; sperm, first, 26 
Whaling, American, and European compared, 18; at end of seven- 
teenth century, 25; condition of, in 1760-65, 35; Arctic, first in, 
52, 60; Biscay, Bay of, from, 8, 9; boat, origin of, 22, 25; 
boom, of 1846-47, 52; California, shore, 60, 61; climax of, 51; 
colonial, Connecticut, 21; Long Island, 22; Massachusetts, 20, 
21; state of, in 1774, 37; condition of, present, 112; crews, 89; 
decline of, 54, 67, 70; deep sea, beginning of, 91; English, 1, 
8, 10; European, 1, 11; fleet, in 1774, 37; in 1783, 40; 1787-1789, 
42; 1835-1860, 51; present, 112; value of, in 1846, 51; French, 
10; golden age of, 47, 50; growth of, rapid, 1820 to 1835, 
49, 50; 1834-1840, 51; grounds, frequented, 28, 92, 93; gun, 82; 
Indians, employed in, 22, 23, 89; industry, character of, 36; 
lagoon, at Magdalena Bay, 62; losses in, 73; Nantucket, q. v.; 
New Bedford, q. v.; Norwegian, 9; ports, 1785-1815, 40, 44, 45; 
1815-1820, 47, 48; after 1830, 50; 1846-50, 67; profits in, 73; 
