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four hundred. In 1789 seventeen vessels were fitted 

 out from Liverpool, four of which were lost. In 

 1793 eleven vessels sailed of a total tonnage of 

 two thousand nine hundred and seventy-eight. 

 From 1810 to 1816 two vessels were engaged 

 each year, the James, Captain Clough, and the 

 Lion, Captain Hawkins. In 1818 there were 

 still two vessels, the James and the Fame\ with 

 the latter the name of Captain Scoresby, Junior, 

 is associated. 



The trade was, however, never very successful; 

 for the nine years 1814 to 1822 inclusive the average 

 number of vessels was only two, the number of whales 

 captured averaged seventeen, and the tons of oil 

 brought home averaged one hundred and seventy- 

 seven. In 1817 both Liverpool vessels, the Lion 

 and the Lady Forbes, were lost, the crews in 

 each case being saved. In 1821 Manby made his 

 voyage to Greenland in a Liverpool ship (p. 205). 

 At this time the trade was firmly established at 

 lull. 



In 1772 we have detailed account of a Whitby 

 ship's voyage. 1 The Volunteer was a ship of four 

 'iundred tons, carrying eight boats with six men to 

 each boat ; the total ship's company being sixty-three. 

 At this time the bounty was forty shillings per ton 

 for Greenland whalers, limited to a maximum tonnage 

 of four hundred. 



" An authentic relation of a voyage to Greenland in 1772 of the 

 Volunteer of Whitby, by a Gentleman, Surgeon of the said ship. 

 Durham, N.D. 



