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INDEX. 



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Whales; seasons for , 7-24 



size of right 1C 



species called Racks 37 



captured by Norwegians 19o 



in Arctic Ocean 204 



of, on California coast 53 



Pacific coast 4,55 



specific gravity of 270 



sperm, early capture of, at Nantneket 32 



first in Pacific killed by an Ameri- 

 can 140 



number taken, 1804 to 1880 72 



size and habits of 73 



sulphur-bottom, cruising grounds for 23 



ou Pacific coast 4 



sweeping and fluking 284 



tax on 28 



total number taken, 1804 to 1880 169 



value of 11)7 



product of 205 



vessels towed by 112 



viciousness of , 261 



white, Canadian fishery for 215 



captured with nets 204 



Eskimo fishery for 61 



Norwegian fishery for 195 



number taken by British whalers. 190, 200 



Russian fishery for 204 



Whaling among the ice 20 



apparatus, electric 'J49 



at Hoard's Island 422 



boat, early history of 26 



by Indians and Eskimos 22 



captain, duties of 222 



Company, Russian 206 



cutter, experiment with 246 



fleet, American, in 1880 232 



and outfit 232 



at Greenland, 1669 to 1778 194 



cruising grounds of 7-24 



distribution of 3 



each year 1868 to 



1884 146-164 



in 1869 149 



home ports 171, 172 



in Davis Strait, 1729 to 1778 194 



in 1737 94 



largest iu 1846 145 



names of vessels in 86-94 



of Provincetown in 1820 144 



the world in 1842 71 



1846 and 1880 192 



Scotch 198-200 



statistics, 1840 to 1880 171-174 



of, in 1844 145 



tonnage of, 1794 to 1884 173 



value of 3,232 



where owned 3 



Whaling-grounds 7-24 



African 115 



Archer ground 10 



Atlantic 148 



at St. Helena 10 



Brazil Banks 65 



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Whaling-grounds, bowhead 18 



"Callao ground" 10 



Camilla 9 



" Carroll ground '' 10 



Charleston 9,22,144 



Chili 158 



Commodore Morris 9,146 



Congo Ri ver 158 



Crozette 149, 150 



Cumberland Inlet . .95, 150. 152-164, 174 



Davis Strait 94,112,198 



Desolation 149, 152-164 



discovery of Arctic 19 



Falkland Islands 119 



False Banks 16 



Frobisher Bay 56 



Grand Bank 110,112 



Greenland 94, 193 



Gulf of Saint Lawrence. 9.">, 104, 108,215 



Gulf Stream Ill 



Hatteras 9,15,22,144 



Hudson Bay 94, 150, 152-164 



humpback 22 



Iceland 192 



Indian Ocean 12,16,152-164,174 



in North Atlantic 9 



North Pacific 17 



Kadiak .... 17,86-90 



Japan groum! 11,69,94 



Labrador 95 



list, of voyages to 174-192 



Main Bunks 16 



New Zealand 11, 150, 153-164 



North Atlantic 9,15,146-164 



North Pacific 11 



Nova Zembla 160 



off-shore 10,12,69 



Pacific 140 



Pacific-Arctic 19 



Patagonia 165 



relative importance of 8 



right whales 15 



River Plate 158 



routes to 24,70 



Sooloo Sea 159 



South Atlantic 9,16,146-164 



Pacific 10 



Spitzbergeu 19, 94, 160, 193 



Straits of Belle Isle 104 



Tristan 16,149,150 



Two Tbirly-sixes 9 



Two Forties <J 



" Vasciues ground " 11 



Western Islands 112 



Whaling-gun, Brand 253 



Cunningham &. Cogan 253 



darting 254 



Greener's 53 



invention of 254 



manner of using 215,253,254,267 



use of 49 



Whaling-guns 56 



in California 59 



kinds used 252 



