THE ANTARCTIC SEAL FISHERIES. 453 



1838. 



Antarctic, schooner, arrived at Stonington in 1838 with 3,000 far-seal skins from southern 

 seas. 



Columbia, ship, 492 tons, Captain Smith, sailed from New London for Desolation Island July 

 25, 1838, and arrived home May 1, 1839. with 3,700 barrels of sea-elephant oil. 



Governor Endicott, ship, 298 tons, Captain Holmes, sailed from Mystic, Conn., July 11, 1838, 

 for South Seas, and arrived home September 5, 1839, with 1,300 barrels sea-elephant oil. Had for 

 tender the schooner Plutarch, 81 tons, Captain Stevens. Sailed again December 1, 1839, under 

 Captain McKinstry, and wrecked on New Holland, Jnly~8,^i840. 



Tampico, brig, 99 tons, Captain Bailey, sailed from Mystic, Conn., for Crozet Islands in June, 



1838, and arrived home April 8, 1839, with 100 barrels sea-elephant oil. 



TJxor, brig, 96 tons, Captain McKinster, sailed from Mystic, Conn., for South Atlantic Ocean, 

 May 15, 1838, and arrived home March 9, 1839, with 300 barrels sea-elephant oil. 



1839. 



Aaron Howard, schooner, arrived at New London in 1837 and 1839, with a total of 4,500 fur- 

 seal skins from southern seas. 



Benjamin D'Wolf, schooner, 66 tons, Captain Smiley, sailed from Newport, E. I., March 30, 



1839, on a sealing voyage to Cape Horn and vicinity. Captain Smiley made two voyages in this 

 vessel, and secured each time about 2,000 fur-seal skins. He also made two other sealing voyages 

 prior to 1844 in another vessel, one a good voyage and the other a failure, and the vessel lost. 



Henry, brig, 98 tons, Captain Pendleton, sailed from Stonington, Conn., for Crozet Islands, 

 July 16, 1839, and arrived home May 8, 1840, with 300 barrels sea-elephant oil. 



Penguin, schooner, sailed from Stonington in 1839, and arrived home in 1840 with 800 fur- 

 seal skins from southern seas. 



Philetus, ship, 278 tons, Captain Brewster, sailed from Stonington for Crozet Islands July 10, 

 1839, and arrived home February 28, 1841, with 1,800 barrels sea-elephant oil. 



Rebecca Groves, brig) 129 tons, Captain Barnum, sailed from Stonington for Indian Ocean 

 July 15, 1839, and arrived home June 7, 1840, with 650 barrels sea-elephant oil. 



Somerset, brig, Captain Baruum, sailed from Stoniugton for Crozet Islands in 1839 and 

 arrived home in 1840, with 800 barrels sea-elephant oil. 



An unknown schooner belonging to Newburyport, Mass., made two sealing voyages to south- 

 ern seas prior to 1840, and brought home about 5,000 fur-seal skins. 



Tampico, brig, Captain Pendleton, sailed on a sea-elephant voyage from Mystic, Conn., June 

 22, 1839, and arrived home March 6, 1840, with 550 barrels oil. 



Uxor, brig, Captaiu Mitchell, sailed from Mystic, Conn., July 10, 1839, on a sea-elephant 

 voyage, and arrived home in 1840, with 600 barrels oil. 



1840 TO 1880. 



The following record of voyages from 1840 to 1880, as well as for preceding years, is compiled 

 from the files of New London and New Bedford papers, from custom-house records, and from 

 information obtained from merchants, retired sealers, and others, at the various sealing ports: 



