IV 



INDEX. 



Page 



Wliale, Bowhead, how they breetl. Gl 



Bowhead and Eight, manner of cutting- 



in a... 232 



California Gray, baleeu of 55 



description of 20 



embryos of 23 



fears of extinction of 33 



food of 24 



habitat of 22 



habits of 24, 32 



in Arctic ice-fields 31 



manner of pursuing and caj)turing. 25 



measurements of a male 20 



number captured 23 



number migrating 23 



season of bringing forth young .... 25 



time of gestation of 23 



yield of oil of 21 



young of 22 



Finback, description of 34 



measurements of 34 



respiration and movements of 35 



Northern 36 



Humjiback, anatomy of 41 



baleen of 55 



description of 38 



habitat of 46 



how captured 46 



manner of suckling young 45 



measurements of 39 



migration of 42 



sexual habits of 45 



yield of oil and bone 40 



Eight, baleen of 55, C6 



feed of 54 



first taken on the North-western 



Coast 212 



habits of 68 



resort to bring forth young 67 



size of 66 



where and how captured 66-68 



yield of oil of 66 



Sharpheaded Finner, descrijjtion of ... . 49 



habitat and habits of 51 



measurements of 50 



movements and foetus of 49 



Sperm, description and size of 74 



ferocitj' of 78 



habitat of 77 



habits of 75 



manner of eutting-in a 236 



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Whale, Sperm, manner of feeding 79 



manner of suckling young 74 



nature of food of 80 



vessels destroyed by 78 



when first captured in the Pacific. . 209 

 when first discovered on the Japan 



coast. 212 



yield of oil 76 



Suljjhurbottom, baleen of 55 



following a vessel 71 



size and mode of capture of.. 70, 72, 73 



where found 71 



Wliale, how approached 227 



how cajDtured 256 



manner of caj^tui-e and trying -out in 



early days 191 



shijjs, outfits, and manner of taking the. 216 



Whale-boat, how manned 226 



descrijjtion of an Esquimaux 31 



Whale-fishery, American, early history of. . 202 



statistics of for 38 years 243 



Whale -fishing, origin and ancient mode of. 185 



Whale -grounds, Northern Eight 214 



Southern Eight 215 



Si^erm 214 



Whalemen, Life and Characteristics of Amer- 

 ican 252 



Whales, by whom first pursued 185 



in lagoons, manner of taking 266 



manner of signaling direction of 230 



number caj)tured 251 



passing from Atlantic Arctic to Pacific 



Arctic 59 



taken off Karaginski Island 59 



Whale -ship, again to the frozen seas 273 



distribution of oiBcers and crew of 222 



equipment of 224 



how made up, crew of a 255 



homeward bound 275 



outfit of a first-class 313 



outward bound 220 



post - offices 253 



routine of duty on a 229 



requisites for 221 



stores and outfits of a 313 



Whale-ships, communication between 253 



etiquette of 254 



history of old 244 



where recruited 258 



Whaling among the Indians of the North- 

 western Coast 29 



