THE WHALEBONE WHALES OF THE WESTERN NORTH ATLANTIC. 77 



It is entirely a compilation and deals principally with the industrial aspects of 

 the fishery. The only paragraphs (pp. 376 and 380) which refer to the natural 

 history of the baleen whales contain nothing of importance. 



The remark of Lawson in his Natural History of North Carolina regarding the 

 absence of a regular whale fishery in these waters is apparently borne out by the 

 colonial records and histories. Those which I have examined, such as Saunder's 

 Colonial Records of North Carolina, Hawkes's History of North Carolina, and 

 others, contain no mention of the matter. The same is true of South Carolina. 

 Such works as Drayton's View of South Carolina, Mills's Statistics of South Caro- 

 lina, Ramsay's History of South Carolina, etc., offer no information regarding 

 whales or the whale fishery. 



