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each of which yielded fifty barrels of oil. The 

 course was now set for the Queen Charlotte Islands 

 off the west coast of North America in 50 N., 

 but no whales were encountered there. 



Returning south they saw a solitary Sperm 

 Whale on 23rd July in latitude 31 N. and 153 W. 

 A few days later many Cachalots were observed, 

 and several secured. The ground north of the 

 Sandwich Islands seems at this time to have 

 swarmed with Sperm Whales, and the Tuscan was 

 very successful between 23 and 31 N. and 154 

 and 1 60 W. 



A return was now made to the Sandwich group, 

 where they remained until the 2Oth October, 1834, 

 on which date they left again, steering north to get 

 advantage of the prevailing westerly winds from 

 the American coast and the Equator. Off Guada- 

 loupe and Cape St Lucas (California) a fleet of 

 American south-seamen were cruising; from here 

 on an indirect course to the Marquesas many 

 Cachalots were seen, and a few captured by the 

 Tuscan. 



Bennett devoted much space in his journal of 

 the voyage to a description of the various Pacific 

 Islands touched at, together with an account of 

 their history, and the manner and customs of their 

 inhabitants, and the whaling episodes occupy a 

 relatively small portion of the description of the 

 voyage, but there is an Appendix with a detailed 

 account of the whale fishery. 



In the nineteenth century the French Government 



