EARLY HISTORY OF WHALING 73 



dozen of staves for the harping irons, six pullies 

 to turn the whale with, ten great baskets, ten lampes 

 of iron to carry light, five kettles of a hundred and 

 fifty li. the piece, and six ladles, a thousand of 

 nailes for the pinnases, five hundred of nailes of 

 carabelie for the houses and the wharfe, eighteen 

 axes and hatches to cleave wood, twelve pieces of 

 lines and six dozens of hookes, two beetles of 

 rosemarie, four dozen of oares for the pinnases, six 

 lanterns, five hundred of tesia. Item, gun powder 

 and matches for harquebushes as shal be needfull. 

 Item, there must be carried from hence five 

 pinnases, five men to strike with harping irons, two 

 cutters of whale, five coopers and a purser or two." 



To this is added a note of certain other necessary 

 things belonging to the whale fishing, received of 

 Master Burrow, who was captain general of a fleet 

 of thirteen vessels on a voyage to the Narve in 

 Liefland in 1570. 



" A sufficient number of pulleys for tackle for the 

 whale. A dozen of great baskets. Four furnaces 

 to melt the whale in. Six ladles of copper. A thous- 

 and of nailes to mend the pinases. Five hundred 

 great nails of spikes to make their house. Three pair 

 of boots great and strong, for them that shall cut the 

 whale. Eight calve skins to make aprons or 

 barbecans." 1 



It is evident that prior to the Spitsbergen whale 

 fishery, whales were killed and captured off the 



1 Hakluyt's, " Voyages," Dent's Everyman Edition, Vol. ii., 

 p. 162. 



