LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 



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THE SPITSBERGEN FISHERY (DE JONG, I7Ql) Frontispiece 



EDGE'S MAP OF " GREENLAND" (SPITSBERGEN) Facing 58 



EDGE'S DESCRIPTION OF THE SPITSBERGEN 



FISHERY. I. * 64 



EDGE'S DESCRIPTION OF THE SPITSBERGEN 



FISHERY. II. * 80 



EARLY TYPE OF DUTCH WHALER, WITH WHAL- 

 ING IMPLEMENTS (VAN OELEN) . . . 128 



THE NORTHERN FISHERY, SECOND PHASE, THE 



ICE FISHERY (ZORGDRAGER) l6o 



THE AMERICAN WHALER. A SHIP ON THE 

 NORTH-WEST COAST CUTTING-IN HER 



MODERN WHALING STEAMER. IN THE FORE- 

 GROUND TWO FINNER WHALES ARE BEING 

 TOWED TO THE FACTORY SLIP 280 



MODERN WHALING THE CHASE . . . 288 



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