210 A HISTORY OF THE WHALE FISHERIES 



China Seas particularly about the island Timor. 

 The Right Whale, which was hunted by the Sperm 

 whalers, was found on the Brazil Bank from latitude 

 36 to 48 S., in the former parallel in the months 

 of November, December, and January, in the latter 

 in February, March, and April. In the same months 

 they are to be found in the Derwent River, New 

 Holland, also about the Tristian Islands; and in 

 June, July, August, and September in Walwick 

 (Walfisch) Bay and other inlets on the African coast. 

 They are also found near the island of St Catharine 

 (Brazil), in some of the bays to the westward of 

 Cape Horn, and to the north of Coquimbo on the 

 west coast of South America. 



Detailed descriptions of early whaling voyages in 

 the southern fishery are given by Colnett 1 (1792), 

 Beale 2 (1830-3), and Bennett 3 (1833-6). 



The term " southern " was applied to the Atlantic 

 fishery, in fact to all voyages which were not to 

 Greenland (Spitsbergen), these latter being distin- 

 guished as the northern fishery. As already men- 

 tioned the bounty system originally applied only to 

 the northern fishery but was extended to the southern 

 in 1776. 



1 " A Voyage to the South Atlantic and round Cape Horn 

 into the Pacific Ocean for the Purpose of Extending the 

 Spermaceti Whale Fisheries, and other Objects of Commerce," 

 London, 1798. 



3 " The Natural History of the Sperm Whale," to which is 

 added a sketch of a south-sea whaling voyage, by Thomas 

 Beale, London, 1839 (2nd edition). 



8 " Narrative of a Whaling Voyage round the Globe from the 

 year 1833 to 1836," 2 Vols., London, 1840. 



