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NEW-YORK FAUNA. 



whale fishery, in the year ending September, 1839, was 557, making an aggregate of 169,938 

 tons, which would give employment to 9,987 men, and to as many more on shore, in the 

 various operations of coopering, refining, etc. etc. 



The amount of whale and sperm oil and whalebone introduced into the United States, and 

 the total value of the same at estimated average prices from actual sales during the four years 

 preceding 1839, is as follows : 



