88 HISTOEY AXD METHODS OF TEE FISHERIES. 



l.-ixt of iv*(7* coiHjirixitiy the North Pacific whaling fleet of 1870, with 1liex<'a*mi'x catch of cacJi 



RECAPITULATION. 



In the season of 1871 the North Pacific fleet consisted of thirty-five American and four foreign 

 vessels, all but seven of which were abandoned in the ice off Wai nw right's Inlet, north of Bering 

 Strait. The names of the saved vessels were the Europa, Arctic, Progress, Lagoda, Daniel Web- 

 ster, Midas, and Chance. Four of the lost vessels belonged at Honolulu. The following are the 

 names of the abandoned vessels and the ports to which they belonged : 



