A HISTORY OF THE WHALE 

 H! FISHERIES 



CHAPTER I 



WHALES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION 



The migrations of whales The Greenland Right Whale The 

 Biscayan Whale or Nordcaper The Californian Grey Whale 

 The Humpback The Finners. 



" WHALES are in many respects the most interesting 

 and wonderful of all creatures; there is much in 

 their structure and habits well worthy of study, 

 much that is difficult to understand, and much that 

 leads to great generalisations and throws light upon 

 far-reaching philosophical speculations." 



It is not proposed to enter into the anatomy or 

 classification of the order Cetacea; to which whales, 

 porpoises and dolphins belong; save in so far as 

 such knowledge is required to understand the 

 probable effects of whaling on the future existence 

 of many species of this order of animals. A brief 

 account, suitable for the general reader, may be 

 obtained from such a work as " An introduction to 

 the study of Mammals " by Flower and Lydekker, 



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