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The common whale oil finds a market in the 

 West Indies, Great Britain, France, Spain, and 

 Portugal. The greatest part of the spermaceti oil 

 is carried to Great Britain. The late war be- 

 tween the United States and Great Britain has 

 again almost annihilated the cod and whale fish- 

 eries.* While in the years previous to the re- 

 strictive system and the war, the fisheries furnish- 

 ed articles for exportation to an amount of more 

 than three millions of dollars, in 1814 the exports 

 of the produce of the fisheries is reduced to the sum 

 of 188,000 dollars. 



* Twenty-four whalemen were taken by the British in the late 

 war. 



