INDEX 



Barneson, Captain John, vi, 4 



Barrel view from the crow's 

 nest, 26 



Basques, 245 



Bay City, Washington, 5 



Bay of Biscay, 245, 296 



Bay of Islands, 6 



Beluga or white whale, 54 



Berardius bairdi, 266 



Bering Sea, 204, 220, 249, 301 



Bering Strait, 249 



Bernheimer, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Charles L., vii 



Birds, 107, 109, no 



Black codfish (Polachius vir- 

 ens}, 123 



Blackfish, sometimes called pi- 

 lot whale, 291 



Blahval, Norwegian name for 

 blue whale, 178 



Blanket piece, 82 



Blow, 47 



Blowholes, 43 

 adaptation to aquatic life, 44, 



153 



elevation of, 45 



position of, 44, 153 

 Blowing, 43 



Blubber, 35, 74, 149, 151, 152, 

 153, 208, 213, 214, 240, 

 261, 277, 302 



Blue whale, 14, 19, 24, 39, 41, 

 57, 70, 150, 155, 178, 179, 

 180, 183, 185, 302, 305 



capture and delivery to sta- 

 tion, 139, 140, 142, 143 



Millais' interesting account 

 of hunt of, 144-147 



photographing of and shoot- 

 ing at, 132 



Blue whale, skeleton of, 75, 80, 



91, 122, 127, 130 

 vigorous attempt to capture, 



133 



Boiling-vats, n 

 Bomb, 12 

 Bomb-harpoon, 3 

 Bonnaterre, Abbe, 245 

 Borneo, v 

 Bottlenose (Hyperoodon ros- 



tratum), 57, 72, 154 

 habits and characteristics of, 



262 



method of hunting, 258-261 

 origin of name, 258 

 where found, 263, 264 

 Bottlenose porpoise (Tursiops 



truncatus), 278, 282 

 Bowdoin, George S., vii 

 Bowhead, 2, 221, 245, 247, 251, 



296 



food of, 248 

 grounds of, 249 

 Brazil, 9 

 Breach, 63 

 Breaching, 64 

 Breathing, 42 



Breeding grounds, 202, 203 

 Breeding habits of all large 



whales, 72 

 Brett, Captain, 6 

 Bryde, John, 5 

 Bull, Captain, 300 

 Bumpus, Doctor Herman C, 



vii 

 Bunk-houses, ii 



Cabot, 146 



Calanus finmarchius, Aate, 126 



Calf, 69 



324 



