HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY. 



tailing from American ports — Continued. 



439 



Whaling- 

 ground. 



Date- 



Pacific Ocean . 

 Atlantic 



Indian Ocean . 

 South Seas 



South Atlantic 



....do 



Indian Ocean . 



Pacific Ocean 

 ....do 



..do 

 ..do 

 ..do 



..do 

 ...do 



..do 



..do 

 ..do 

 ..do 



....do 



Atlantic 



Pacific Ocean 



Atlantic 



Pacific Ocean 



Pac. and N. W 



Ind. and Pac . 

 Pacific Ocean 



Atlantic 



.do 

 .do 

 .do 



Atlantic 

 ....do ... 

 ....do ... 



Atlantic 

 ....do .. 

 .do 



South Atlantic 



Atlantic 



....do 



....do , 



Sept. 29 



Result of voyage. 



June 26, 1850 



June 14 Nov. 11, 1847 



Julv 31 

 Aug. _ 



July 31 



May 6 



June 11 



May 26 

 July 2 



Sept. 13 

 Aug. 7 

 Nov. 2 



Dec. — 

 Sept. 20 



Dec. 31 



Aug. 9 

 July 10 

 Nov. 7 



Nov. 16 

 June 20 

 July 7 

 Dec. 17 

 July 12 



Oct. 6 

 Nov. 11 



Apr. 18 



Mar. 10 

 Apr. 16 

 Alar. 23 



Sept. 8 



June 26 



Aug. — 

 July 25 

 Oct. 23 

 July 28 



April 3 



June 18, 1848 

 Oct. 15,1847 



Sept. 9,1847 



May 4, 1848 



Oct. 18,1849 



Sept. 26, 1850 

 Apr. 24, 1850 



Dec. 2, 1849 

 June 12, 1650 

 Nov. 15, 1846 



May 10,1851 

 June 27, 1850 



May 15,1851 



Apr. 1,1851 

 Apr. 30, 



Aug. 16, 1851 

 Oct. £0, 1847 

 July 15, 1851 

 Oct. —,1846 

 Jnue 17, 1850 



Apr. 1, 1849 



May 19, 1851 



Apr. 18,1846 



Nov. 15,1846 

 Oct. 25, 1846 

 Sept. 13, 1846 

 Aug. 11, 1846 

 June 23, 1648 

 Sept. 17, 1847 

 Aug. — , 1846 

 Sept. 13, 1846 

 Oct. —,1646 

 Sept. 25, 1847 

 May 26, 1847 

 May — , 1846 

 ( >ct. 13, 1847 

 Oct. 4, 1846 



Bbls 

 5C 



1,454 

 1,18; 



2,081 

 1, C6f 



1,26 



89C 



2,281' 

 1, 205 



744 



130 



1,330 



70 

 2,144 



19.3 

 61(1 

 250 



280 

 40 



285 



207 



150 

 40 



250 



I.- 



250 



Bbls 

 1,500 



179 



170 

 158 



3,000 



Lbs. 

 9,000 



Remarks. 



3,000 



12, 200 



Sent home 129 sperm, 4,000 pounds bone; 



sold to New Bedford 1850. 

 Sold to Nantucket 1848. 



Added 1846. 



Condemned and broken up at Westport 

 1848. 



Returned in consequence of a defective 

 foremast . 



Sailed March 18; returned April 6, having 

 lost her five boats and davits, and sus- 

 tained other damage,' in a gale; sent home 

 200 barrels 1846. 



Second mate ditd from a wound received 

 in cutting in ; sent home 125 sperm. 



Built 1846, at Medford. 

 Reuben Coleman, second mate, died Au- 

 gust 29, 1*49. 

 Sent home 85 barrels sperm. 



Returned leaking; was rebottomed and 

 sailed in 1647. 



Crew all deserted in California 1849 ; Capt. 



Coffin left the ship at Talcahuano, sick. 

 Captain Gibbs came home sick; sold 90 



sperm on voyage. 

 Sold some oil on the voyage. 



Took about 900 barrels of sperm, went to 



California, and was sold. 

 Sold 120 sperm. 

 Added 1840 ; built at Baltimore 1839. 



Added 1846 ; built at Newcastle, Me., 1829. 

 Captain Swain left the ship sick. 



Withdrawn for California 1849. 



Lost on a reef near Gallipagos Islands, 



June 28, 1847. 

 Sent home 438 sperm, 19,165 pounds bone. 



The Belle Isle sailed again in April and re- 

 turned Oct. 7, 1846, with 90 barrels sperm. 



Added 1845. 



Added 1845; withdrawn 1847. 



Sold 1847. 



Totally wrecked at sea September 16, 1846. 

 Of the 1 rig's company, twenty-one all 

 told, only the si cond mate and four men 

 survived and were t iken from the wreck, 

 after the most extreme suffering, by ship 

 Minerva, of New Bedford. 



