1ND10X. 



870 



Page. 



Whale oil, spring-make, natural 4 



statistics of, at Barbadoes 215 



New Zealand 213 



stock ou hand at close of each year.. .146-104 



taken at Pro vincetown 3 



by Scotch steamers 193 



tanks on vessels for . 239 



transshipment of 163,234 



transshipped by rail 150 



uses of 5 



value of receipts, 1865 to 1880 167 



yearly receipts and value, 1820 to 1880. 170 

 yield by different species 195 



\Vlialesinew8itsedibrfood 56 



use made of 63 



Whale stomach, use of 63 



Whalemen, accidents to 272 



American, in English fishery 123 



arrival home 289 



boat-steerers 224 



camp of, on North Carolina coast 49 



choosing the watch 229 



cruel treatment of 6 



cry when whales are sighted 256 



dangers from scurvy 100, 101 



of 276 



darting-guns of 254 



desertions of 6 



discipline among 220 



Dutch.' 218 



duties during pursuit of whales 255-277 



of 223 



while cutting in 281 



food of 228 



French 218 



general account of 218-232 



grades of, ou vessels 222 



home life of 221 



Indian 31,35 



Irish 218 



Italian 218 



Kanaka 6,218-220 



life ashore of 221 



manner of shipping crew of 225 



messing of, on vessels 227 



Mexican 220 



Nantucket, in Europe 134 



nationality of American 218 



negro 218-22Q 



New Zealand 218-220 



number of 3, 116 



in 1880 173 



outfit of 225 



Portuguese 6,59,218,219,220 



profits of 291-294 



quarters of, on the vessels 226 



Scotch 218 



and English 201 



scrimshawing by 231 



seizure of, by Peru 142 



selection of boats' crews 229 



services of, during war of 1812 142 



share or lay of 291-294 



songs of 283,289 



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Whalemen, superior seamanship of American 115 



wrecked, in Arctic Ocean 76, 77 



Whalemen's shipping lists, extracts from 146 



Whales, abundant in Gulf Stream Ill 



ambergris from 4 



among the ice 20 



black 64 



at New Zealand 209 



bottlenose, fishery for 204 



bowhead 18,74 



distribution of 202 



California gray 4 



captured by arrows and cross-bow 196 



capture of, by poisons 249 



with nets 247 



common apparatus of capture 250 



cutting in 277 



decided to be " royal fish " 38 



difficulties of capturing 266 



dimensions of California gray {. J 



drift 28 



disputes about 30 



in Massachusetts . 26 



regulations concerning 33 



early abundance of 193 



methods of cutting in 31 



finback, cruising grounds for 23 



on Pacific coast 4 



finning out 269 



food of 42,56,264 



former abundance of 7,31 



geographical distribution of 7 



getting fast to 262 



glue from ; 4 



going on the 258 



guano from 4 



harpooning 260 



humpback, distribution of 22 



in Gulf of Saint Lawrence . . . 216 



on Pacific coast 4 



in Boston Harbor 26 



Indian names for 62 



killer, destroy fur-seals 352, 353 



killing of, by poison 196 



manner of defending themselves 262 



maternal affection of 268 



method of capturing 45,255-277 



cuttingin 53 



saving products of 277-288 



stripping blubber from 278 



movements of, at Barbadoes 214 



from Hudson Bay to Bering 



Strait 97 



New Zealand Berardius ;>12 



number taken at Greenland, 1699 to 1778. 194 



by Dundeee steamers 202 



Norwegians, 1866 to 18fc!4 195 



pike-headed 209 



raising the 255,270 



rate of speed of 265 



right, at Australia 



on Pacific coast 4 



Russian, in Arctic Ocean 56 



scarcity and shyness of 6 



