206 The Commercial Prod^lcts of the Sea. 



Whalebone, as it is erroneously termed, is another 

 valuable product of this fishery. 



FIG. 14. 



i. Greenland or right whale ; 2. Spermaceti whale. 



The whale-fins imported into the United Kingdom in 

 the last ten years have been as follows : 



1867 

 1868 

 1869 

 1870 

 1871 

 1872 

 1873 

 1874 

 1875 

 1876 



Cwts. 

 2740 

 3800 

 1680 

 4260 



2853 

 2831 



3544 

 2911 

 1871 

 1799 



Value. 

 5I,286 

 67,876 

 34,958 

 79,482 

 45^78 

 51,558 

 64,618 

 54,920 

 42,240 

 47,144 



A flourishing establishment has grown up in the 

 vicinity of the small town of Vadso, at the entrance of the 

 Waranger Fiord, Norway, under the auspices of a Mr. Foyn, 



