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881 



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Whaling-guns, Norwegian 196 



Whaling-harpoons, general account of 250 



Whaling-lance 252 



Whaling-nets 247 



Whaling-outfits, value of 145, 173 



Whaling-rocket 24,254 



Whaling- schooner 44 



Whaling-stations in California 54 



South America 68,09 



Whaling-steamers 3,232-240 



description of 230 



first from United States 100 



use of 237 



Norwegian 196 



nnmher of Scotch 202 



Scotch 198 



Whaling-vessels, British, seized by Captain Porter. 143 



building of 159 



called plum pud'ners 233 



Canadian 217 



classes of 24,233 



condition while cruising 234 



crews' quarters on 226 



dangers encountered by 235 



deck plan of 234 



destroyed by privateers 235 



disasters to 76, 79, 83, 85-94, 115, 



146-164, 175-192 



disciplineon 220 



first displayed American flag in 



England 131 



fitting out of 238 



general account of 232-240 



in North Pacific, statistics of 84-94 



insurance on 152 



men's quarters on 234 



names of, 1870 to 1880 175-192 



in Arctic fleet 86-94 



personnel of 221,222 



preparation for homeward pas- 

 sage 288 



Russian 206 



statistics for 1880 173 



of, 1771 to 1775 116 



steam 93,100 



transportation of boats on 243 



voyages of, 1870 to 1880 175-192 



Whaling voyages, combined with sealing 440 



length of 6,24,71 



number of, 1870 to 1880 8 



outfitsfor 237 



record of Davis Strait 98 



1870 to 1880 174-192 



results of, 1870 to 1880 . 175-192 



to Davis Strait, record of 99-101 



Whitestone, N. Y., hard clams at 605 



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Whitestonc, N. Y., soft clams at 591 



Whisky Bay, Hi-anl's Island 420 



White whales, Canadian fishery for 215 



captured with nets 204, 247 



capture of, by Scotch whalers 24 



distribution of 24,204 



Eskimo fishery for (i I 



in Gulf of Saint Lawrence 21f> 



Norwegian fishery for 195 



number taken by British whalers. 1!)'.), '((() 



Russian fishery for 204 



Wickford, R. I., lobster fishery at 785 



scallop fishery at 577 



soft-clam fishery at 589 



Wilcox, W. A., on clam fishery 586 



lobster fishery 659 



scallop fishery 571,575 



Wilkes, Commodore, on whaling-grounds 12 



Williams, Hon. Thomas W 19 



Williams, J. M., on lobsters 706 



Wilmington, Cal., rock-lobsters at . 799 



Wilmington, Del., crab fertilizer at 654 



whaling fleet of 171 



Wilmington, N. C., blue crabs at 643 



shrimp at 802 



terrapin fishery at 501 



Wi nter Harbor, Me. , lobster fishery at 750 



Winter, United States consul at Dundee SiOO 



Wi uthrop, Mass. , lobster fishery at 775 



Wiscasset district, lobster fishery in 761-763 



statistics in 771, 772 



Wiscasset, Me. , soft clams at 584 



whaling fleet of 171 



Witte, Herman, on leeches 813,815 



Woodbnry, N. J., horseshoe crabs at 654 



Wood's Holl, Mass., lobster cult ure at 736 



laws at 727 



lobsters at 698, 710, 778, 780 



oyster culture at.. 544 



Yarmouth, Mass. , drift whales at 27 



lobster law at 727 



sea-clam fishery at 010 



whaling fleet of 171 



Yarmouth Port, Mass., lobster fishery at 778, 780 



lobsters at 710 



Yellow Sea, right whales in 17 



Yhleu, G. von, on lobsters in Norway 721 



Yokohama, visited by American whalers 26 



York district, lobster fishery in 770 



statistics in 771,772 



York, Me., lobsters at 708,770 



Young, James A., on lobsters 709 



Zanzibar, sperm whales off 12 



Zapadiue seal rookery, Saint George Island 345, 350 



Saint Paul Island 340, 344 



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