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southern walrus. According to information collected 

 by Scoresby the fishery for the Spermaceti Whale 

 was conducted off the coasts of Chile, Peru, and Cali- 

 fornia, in various parts of the Pacific about the 

 Gallipagos and Marquesas islands, in the Indian and 



SOUTHERN WHALE FISHERY.* 





1 From Third Report on the State of the British Fisheries, 

 1785, App., pp. 132 and 133. 



3 There would be no returns in the Custom House Books, 

 because no bounties were paid. Nevertheless it is certain 

 vessels took part in this fishery in 1775. 



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