8 CONTENTS 



CHAPTER V 



THE BOUNTY SYSTEM 



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The whalers apply for State assistance The South Sea 

 Company and the Whale Fisheries Development of the 

 British whaling industry as a result of the bounty 

 stimulus Description of Arctic whaling voyages . . 177 



CHAPTER VI 



THE SOUTHERN FISHERY 



The capture of the Sperm Whale Commencement of a 

 southern fishery The voyages of Colnett, Beale, and 

 Bennett . . . * . ,_ .. ... 207 



CHAPTER VII 



THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERIES 



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Importance of whales to the early colonists Gradual exten- 

 sion of the fishery Firmly established in 1775 Set- 

 back caused by the Revolution Gradual recovery 

 Checked again by the war of 1812 Subsequent rapid 

 expansion Mid-nineteenth century American whaling 

 fleet the largest ever known Gradual decline of the 

 industry, and the reasons for it . f . . 4 . 223 



CHAPTER VIII 

 THE LAST PHASE OF WHALING 



The introduction of steam The harpoon gun and the capture 

 of Rorquals The disappearance of the old right whalers 

 The Norwegian whalers Gradual extension of their 

 operations The Scottish and Irish whaling stations 

 Antarctic whaling 256 



APPENDICES V . 301 



BIBLIOGRAPHY % . 315 



INDEX 333 



