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between Dutch and British whalers 

 off Spitzbergen, be., 399 ; mono- 

 poly of fishing for whales granted 

 for three years, ix., 400 ; whalers re- 

 quired to sail under convoy and to 

 pay "last money," ix., 400 ; grant of 

 sole right to fish in the vicinity of any 

 islands discovered by company, ix., 

 400 ; similar privilege conceded on 

 conditions to Dunkirkers who had 

 discovered an island, ix., 401 ; at- 

 tempt of company to discover N.E. 

 passage to China, ix., 401 ; measures 

 taken for protection of vessels en- 

 gaged in the fishery, ix,, 401 ; pros- 

 perity of the company, ix., 402 ; 

 charter prolonged for a further period 

 of four years, ix., 402 ; secession 

 of the Zealand Chamber from the 

 company, and their establishment as 

 a separate corporation, ix., 403 ; re- 

 newal of charter for a further period 

 of twelve years, ix., 403 ; Zorgdra- 

 ger's account of the prosperity of the 

 company, ix. , 404, 405 ; Act against 

 infringements of the company's mono- 

 poly, ix., 405 ; rival company formed 

 in Friesland, ix., 406 ; prolongation 

 of the Arctic Company's charter, ix., 

 407 ; Frisons allowed to prosecute 

 the fishery without molestation from 

 Arctic Company, ix., 407 ; admitted 

 to a share in the monopoly, ix., 407 ; 

 decline in the prosperity of the com- 

 pany, ix., 408 ; its dissolution, ix., 

 409 



Dutch as line-fishers, vii., 284 



Dutch drifters, number of vessels annu- 

 ally engaged in the neighbourhood of 

 the Shetland Isles, iv., 62 



Dutch eels, i., 53 



Dutch fisher-folk, observations made 

 by them on the influence on fisheries 

 of winds and the temperature of the 

 sea, i., 281 ; short account of their 

 manners and habits, ii., 261-263 



Dutch herring fishery, vi., 74, 84 ; xi., 

 142, 143, 175 ; discovery by Beukelsz 

 of a mode of curing herrings, xi., 143 



Dutch native oysters, whence derived, 

 v., 86 



Dutch ovens for cooking fish, vii., 26 

 Dutch salmon, quantity sent to London 



during the last five years, vi., 8 

 Dutch Sea Fisheries, their antiquity, ix., 

 304 ; salt used as a means of preserv- 

 ing fish from the earliest times, ix., 

 306 ; discovery by Beukelsz of a 

 method by which fish may be pre- 

 served for a long period, ix., 306 ; 

 short description of the method as 

 applied to herrings, ix., 307 ; manu- 

 facture of the first large herring-net 

 at Hoorn in 1416, ix, 309 ; evidences 

 of the early prosecution of the cod 

 fishery, ix., 309 ; imposition by the 

 sovereigns of the House of Burgundy 

 of a tax for convoying ("last 

 money"), ix., 310; export of her- 

 rings prohibited, ix., 310 ; evidences 

 of the importance of the herring 

 fishery as early as the fifteenth cen- 

 tury, ix., 310; establishment by the 

 Emperor Charles V. of the system of 

 branding herring barrels, ix., 311 ; 

 regulations as to the kind of salt *o 

 be used in preserving herring, ix., 

 311, 312 ; as to the mode of packing 

 herrings in barrels, ix., 312, 313 ; 

 smoked herring, ix., 313 ; reluctance 

 of fishermen to pay the tax for con- 

 voying, ix., 313 ; practice of pur- 

 chasing safe conducts from enemies, 

 ix., 314 ; injury inflicted on the fishery 

 by French privateers, ix., 315 ; grant 

 by the States of Holland towards 

 equipment of convoying ships, ix., 

 316 ; continued disputes with the 

 sovereigns of the House of Austria 

 respecting "last money," ix., 317- 

 319 ; inadequacy of the convoying 

 ships provided by Government, ix., 

 318 ; fishing boats armed for their 

 own protection, ix., 318 ; loss to the 

 fishery occasioned by frequent wars, 

 ix-j 3 1 9 > regulations as to the mode 

 of working the herring fishery, ix., 

 320-322 ; as to protection of nets, 

 &c., ix., 322, 323 ; taxes levied on the 

 herring and other fisheries, ix., 323- 

 325 ; the revolt of the Dutch pro- 

 vinces against the Austrian dominion, 



