ALLEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CETACEA AND SIRENIA. 479 



1789. MERCK, HENRY. Me'moire sur les Ce'tace's. <^Hist. et Mtm. de la Soc. des Sci. 

 phys. de Lausanne, ii, 1784-86 (1789), pp. 339-344, pi. vii. 



PI. vii, fig. 1, crdne de labaleine ordinaire; fig. 2, da monodon; fig. 3, du dauphin; fig. 4, 

 du physeter; figg. 5, 6, de une espece de baleine inconnue [= Hyperoodon]. [409.J 



1789. [WHEATLEY, JOHN, and others.] [Certificates of Capture of Whales by use of 



the Gun-Harpoon. ] <^Tram. London Soc. Encour. Arts, Man., and Com., vii, 1789, 

 pp. 175-186. 



Gives accounts of the capture of various "Whales, with generally a statement of the ' ' length 

 of bone"; one "Whale is stated to have had "thirteen fjeet ten inch bone"; others had "ten 

 feet bone," "eleven feet bone," etc. [410.J 



1790. ANDERSON, [ ], and COOMBE [ ]. Anderson's | Historical and Chronological 



Deduction | of the | Origin of Commerce, | from the earliest accounts, | con- 

 taining | an History | of the | great commercial interests | of the | British 

 Empire, | to which is prefixed, | an introduction, | exhibiting | a view of the 

 ancient and modern state of | Europe ; of the importance of our Colonies; | 

 and of the commerce, shipping, manu- | factures, fisheries, &c., | of | Great 

 Britain and Ireland ; I and their influence on the landed interest. | with an | 

 Appendix, | containing | the modern politico-commercial geography of | the 

 several countries of Europe. | Carefully Revised, Corrected, and continued to 

 the year 1789, | By Mr. Coornbe. | | In six volumes. | Vol. I[-VI]. | | 

 Dublin : | Printed by P. Byrne. | | M. DCC. XC. 6 vols. 8. 



The treatment of the "Whalefishery is chronological, and therefore runs through the work 

 and cannot be conveniently cited definitely. The references are generally brief, consisting of 

 summaries, necessarily at second-hand. Vols. i-iii contain the " original part of the histori- 

 cal and chronological work of Mr. Anderson"; vol. iv consists of the "Appendix" (pp. 1-208) 

 and "An Alphabetical and Chronological Index" (pp. 209-577) to Anderson's work; vols. v 

 and vi contain the continuation by Mr. Coombe. The copious and well-arranged indexes 

 greatly facilitate reference to the subjects treated. [411.] 



1790. " BOWENS, JAC. Nauwkeurige beschry ving der beroemde zeestad Oostende, van 



haeren oorsprong af tot het jaar 1787. Brugge, J. de Busscher. 1790. 2 din. 

 4." 



"Zie aldaar: Oesterbank wanneer gemaakt. U, bl. 139. Eeglementen raekende de vis- 

 scherijen binnen Oostende. I, bl. 21, 28, 30. II, 143. Acht walvisschen aangespoeld. I, bl. 

 17. Walvischvangst na Greenland, opgeregt te Brugge. II, bl. 37, 150." 



Not seen; title and comment from Bosgoed, op. cit., p. 234, no. 3432. [412.] 



1790-95. "DONNDORFF, JOH. AUG. Natur u. Kunst. Eiu gemeinnutz. Lehr- u. 

 Lesebuch. 4 Bde. 8. Leipzig, 1790-95." 



Not seen ; title from Cams and Engelmann. [413.] 



1791. ANON. ? [or JONG, H. DE, H. KOEBEL, and M. SALIETH.] "Nieuwe Beschrijving 



der Walvischvangst en der Haringvisscherij. Met XXII fraaije platen en 

 kaarten vercierd. Amsterdam, J. Eoos, 1791. 4 din. 4." 



Not seen; from Bosgoed (op. cit., p. 250, no. 3584), who gives it as a new edition of "De 

 Walvischvangst met veele bijzonderheden," etc., 1784-86, q. v. 



Scoresby gives this work as "door H. de Jong, H. Koebel, en M. Salieth." Arct Reg., ii, 

 p. 153, note. There is a French translation by B. de Eeste, Paris, 1799, entitled "Histoire 

 des Peches," etc., q. v. [414.] 



1791. FAWKENER, W., and LORDS OF THE COMMITTEE OP COUNCIL, etc. On the pro- 

 duction of Ambergris. A Communication from the Committee of Council ap- 

 pointed for the Consideration of all Matters relating to Trade and Foreign 

 Plantations; with a prefatory Letter from William Fawkener, Esq. to Sir Joseph 

 Sanies Bart. P. R. S. <^Philos. Trans. Lond., Ixxxi, pt. 1, art. ii, 1791, pp. 

 43-47. 



Mainly a series of questions by the Council, with answers by Capt. Joshua Coffin, 

 examined by the Council in reference to the circumstances of his finding ambergris in a 

 Whale. [415.] 



1791. GUMILLA, J. Historia Natural, | Civil y Geografica | De las Naciones | Situadas 

 en las Riveras | Del Rio Orinoco. | Su Autor | El Padre Joseph Gumilla, | 



