A HISTORY OF THE 

 WHALE FISHERIES 



FROM THE BASQUE FISHERIES OF THE 

 TENTH CENTURY TO THE HUNTING OF THE 

 FINNER WHALE AT THE PRESENT DATE 



BY 



J. T. JENKINS, D.Sc., PH.D. 



(Superintendent, Lanes, and Western Sea Fisheries) 



AUTHOR OF "SEA FISHERIES," U A TEXT BOOK OF OCEANOGRAPHY " 



WITH REPRODUCTIONS FROM 

 PHOTOGRAPHS, AND OLD ENGRAVINGS 



LONDON 



H. F. & G. WITHERBY 



326 HIGH HOLBORN, W.C. 



1921 



