INDEX 



Whalebone plates, bristles on 



inner side of, 69 

 Whalebone whales (Mystaco- 



ceti), 67 

 \Vhales, breeding habits of, 



72 



carcass used for human con- 

 sumption, 5 

 depth of diving, 41 

 description of cutting, 240 

 double-finned, 61, 62 

 early extinction of, 21 

 food of, 67 

 inflating, 32, 33 

 influence of, upon fishing, 4 

 investigations, distribution, 

 life history, relationship 

 of, 20 



manner of swimming, 148 

 meat of, 77 

 ' canning of, 89 

 chemical analysis of, 88 

 for eating purposes, 86 

 price of, 87 

 taste of, 88 



methods of studying, 19 

 milking, 75 

 movements of, 67 

 nets for catching, 6 

 number taken during a sea- 

 son, 19 



Whales, scientific study of, 17 

 spouting of, 43 

 time below the surface, 56 

 with two dorsal fins, 61 

 young of, number of, at a 



birth, 74 

 nursing of, 74 

 Whales, Asiatic, vi 

 Whaling, beginning of, 245 

 great part persistency plays 



in, 136 



new era of, 16 

 Whaling companies, assistance 



of, to scientists, 20 

 Whaling grounds, greatest of 



modern times, 9 

 Whaling ships, II 

 Whaling stations, n 

 W T harf, ii 

 White porpoise (Delphinapte- 



rus leucas), 56, 269 

 White whale or beluga, 154 

 Wilson, Doctor, quoted, 220 

 Winch, 14, 32, 34, 134 

 Windpipe or trachea, 44 

 World's Work, vi 

 Wrangle Island, 249 

 Wyoming, 140 



Ziphiidae, 264 

 Ziphioids, 258, 265 



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