Xviii LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. 



Vol. Page. 



194. Whalemen's harpoons II, 250 



FIG. 1. Improved harpoon or to^lr-ircm now in gcm-io. 



FIGS. 2, 3. First form of toggle-iron made by Lewis Temple. 



FIG. 4. One-fined harpoon with hinged toggle. 



FlO. 6. One-flued harpoon. 



FIG. 6. Two-flued harpoon. 



FIG. 7. Toggle-iron invented by Provincetown whaleman ; not in use. 

 1.95. English harpoons II, 250i 



FIG. 1. Old-style hand-harpoon ; now little used. 



FIG. 2. Hand-harpoon in general use about 1857. 



FIG. 3. Hand-harpoon now in general use on Scotch whalers. 

 Drawings by Capt. William Adams, Dundee, Scotland. 



196. FIG. 1. English harpoon-gun and gun-harpoon now in use on Scotch whalers II, 252' 



FIG. 2. An early form of English whaling-gun II, 252 



FIGS. 3, 4,5. Mason and Cunningham mounting boat-gnn; a recent invention. (Explanation 



with plate) II, 252 



197. FIG. 1. Pierce and Cunningham darting-gun; a combined harpoon and lance used largely by 



Arctic whalemen. (Explanation with plate) II, 254 



FIG. 2. Cunningham and Cogan gun ; length, 33 inches; weight, 27 pounds; used by Arctic steam 



whalers with bomb lance II, 253 



FIG. 3. Brand muzzle-loading whaling-gun and bomb lance II, 253, 254, 



255 



198. FIGS. 1,2,3,4. Pierce homb-lance. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 254,267 



FIG. 5. Pierce and Eggers breech-loading gun. (Explanation on page opposite plaiuj II, 253,267 



199. Whaling rocket. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 254 



200. Boat fastened to whale by harpoon and line; killing the whale with bomb lance II, 262,267 



From painting by J. S. Ryder. 



201. Natives harpooning the beluga, or white whale, at Cook's Inlet, Alaska II, 61 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



802. Aleuts planting glass, obsidian, and jade darts in a school of humpback whales at Akoon Island, 



Bering Sea II, 61,62 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



203. Makah Indians whaling at entrance to Fuca Straiu II, 62 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



204. Cutting in the bowhead and sperm whales. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 277,286 



Drawings by Capt. C. M. Scammon and Capt. W. M. Barnes. 



205. FIG. 1. Boat spade to stop running whale II, 264 



FIG. 2. Narrow cutting spade or thin boat spade II. 281 



FIG. 3. Flat or round shank spade II, 281 



FIG. 4. Cutting spade for scarfing blubber II, 281 



FiQ. 5. Cutting spade for leaning up II, 281 



FIG. 6. Half-round spade . II, 281 



206. Cutting blocks and tackle.- (Explanation on page opposite plat o) II, 277-281 



207. A ship on the northwest coast of America cutting in her last right whale II, 277 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograpb designed by I'.. Knsscll, of Now Hcdfurd. 



208. " Bailing in the case " of a sperm whale II, 277 



Drawing by H. "W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Rnssell, of New Bedford. 



209. FIG. 1. Blubber mincing-knife. 

 FIG. 2. Boarding-knife. 



FIG. 3. Monkey-belt. 

 FIG. 4. Wooden toggle. 

 FIG. 5. Chain-strap. 

 FIG. 6. Throat-chain. 

 FIG. 7. Fin toggle. 

 FIG. 8. Head-strap. 

 FIG. 9. Blubber-hook. 



210. Whale-ships at New Bedford wharf; ship hove down for repairs; oil-casks II, 289,290 



From photograph by TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



TIUC BLACKFISH AND POEPOISE FISHERY. 



211. Capture of a school of blackfish in Cape Cod Bay II, 295,307 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a sketch by -J. S. Ryder. 



