THE AMERICAN WHALE-FISHERY. 
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Places where owned. 
New Bedford . . . 
Fairbaven 
Dartmouth 
"Westport 
"Wareham 
Rochester 
Nantucket 
Edgartown 
Holmes' Hole. . . 
Fall Paver 
Lynn 
Newburyport . . . 
Plymouth 
Salem 
Boston 
Dorchester 
Falmouth 
Provincetown. . . 
Portland 
Wiscasset 
Ships 
and 
Barks. 
Brigs 
and 
Schrs. 
1G9 
8 
43 
1 
3 
5 
4 
2 
2 
5 
10 
77 
4 
8 
3 
1 
4 
3 
4 
3 
3 
14 
1 
2 
8 
1 
1 
1 
Amount 
of 
Tonnage. 
56,118 
13,274 
874 
1,443 
904 
2,615 
27,364 
2,659 
1,180 
1,604 
1,269 
1,099 
910 
4,265 
125 
581 
2,490 
172 
388 
380 
PlaceB where owned. 
Portsmouth . . 
Newport 
Bristol 
Warren 
Providence. . . , 
New London. 
Stonington. . . 
Mystic 
Sag Harbor. . 
Greenport. 
New Suffolk.. 
Jamesport 
Bridgeport 
New York .... 
Hudson 
Poughkeepsie 
Cold Spring. . 
Wilmington. . 
Newark 
Ships 
and 
Barks. 
Brigs 
and 
Schrs. 
l 
9 
2 
5 
1 
18 
3 
3 
30 
9 
7 
5 
5 
3 
31 
4 
1 
1 
1 
3 
3 
8 
6 
2 
5 
1 
Amount 
of 
Tonnage. 
348 
3,152 
1,782 
6,075 
1,086 
11,447 
2,912 
1,797 
10,605 
1,414 
274 
236 
913 
710 
2,902 
2,043 
629 
1,578 
366 
In 1846, the American force engaged was six hundred and seventy -eight ships 
and barks, thirty -five brigs, and twenty -two schooners, aggregating two hundred 
and thirty-three thousand one hundred and eighty-nine tons, valued at $21,075,000. 
At the same time, all the investments connected with the business are said to have 
been at least $70,000,000, and seventy thousand persons derived their chief support 
from the whaling interests. The first Bowhead Whales taken in the North Pacific, 
or in Behring Sea, were by the American ships Hercules, Captain Ricketson, and 
Janus, Captain Turner, which were on the coast of Kamschatka in 1843. In 1847, 
Bowheads were discovered in the Okhotsk Sea ; and in 1848, Captain Royce, in the 
bark Superior, of Sag Harbor, was the first to pass through Behring Strait, and 
capture the Baloena mysticetus of the Arctic Ocean. From 1846 to 1851, inclusive, 
the whale-fishery of the United States may be regarded as having been in its most 
flourishing condition, the average number of vessels annually employed for these 
years being six hundred and thirty -eight, with an aggregate tonnage of two hun- 
dred and two thousand two hundred and seventy -two tons. This immense fleet 
