THE WHALE FISHERY. 



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(C) STATISTICS, OF THK WHALING ILEBT. 



.\iimber of whaling vessels oeloni/ini/ to Hie yerernl ports of the United States or January 1 of nick i/car from 1840 to 1880. 



[Vessels fitted for Antarctic sealing are omitted. They belong mostly at Stoningtou and New London, and number from ten to twenty in 

 each year. The details of the sealing fleet are given iu a subsequent chapter of this volume.l 



