INDEX 



Kinka-San, 104, 121 



Kirkeo, site of first factory for 



converting whale flesh 



into guano, 3 

 Kirkwood, ship, 156 

 Kishimoto, 79 

 Koku knjira or devilfish, 108, 



189, 190, 196 

 Korea, 57, 178, 189, 190, 191, 



202, 206, 208, 210, 220, 



221 



coast of, 204 

 Koreans, 193, 194, 195 



dress of, 192 

 Kronprinz Wilhelm, 39 

 Kyuquot, 4, 24, 153 



Labrador, 144, 263, 301 



coast of, 143 

 Lagenorhynchus obliquidens. 



See Porpoise 

 Larsen, Captain, 19, 130 

 Leopard, African hunting, 127 

 Line, harpoon, 14 

 Liouville, Doctor, 124 

 Lobtail, 38 

 Lobtailing, 65 

 Lucas, Doctor Frederic A., vii, 



75, 142 

 extract from "The Passing 



of the Whale" by, 298- 



300 

 weighing and measuring of 



blue whale by, 140 

 Layard's whale (Mesoplodon 



layardi), 264 



Machine for drying the flesh, 



ii 



Magdalena Bay, 209 



Main, Captain Melsom's ship, 



195, 201 

 "Mammals of Great Britain 



and Ireland, The," by J. 



G. Millais, extracts from, 



70, 146, 176, 182 

 Manager's house, n 

 Manatee. See Sea cow 

 "Marine Mammalia, The," by 



Scammon, 196 

 Marsouin blanc, 269 

 Mast, 14 



Matsumoto, Mr., 195 

 Maury, Lieut., 184, 256 

 McGrath, R. T., 298 

 McMurdo Strait, 220 

 Megapteras, 66 

 Melsom, Captain H. G., vii, 60, 



70, 146, 195, 199, 201, 

 208, 263 



blue whale killed by, at Ul- 

 san, Korea, 57 



Mesoplodon densirostris, speci- 

 men of, found on New 

 Jersey coast, 265 



Mesoplodon grayi, 264 



Mesoplodon layardi (Layard's 

 whale), 264 



Metropolitan, vi 



Mexico, Norwegian firm built 

 station on Pacific coast 

 of, 5, 301 



Milk, taste and appearance of, 



73, 74, 75 

 Milk glands, 74 

 Millais, J. G., quoted, 69, 70, 



71, 72, 144, 145, 146, 176, 

 180, 181, 182 



Minerva, whaling steamer, 72 

 Montana, 140 



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