HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY. 



sailing from American ports — Continued. 



523 



Whaling 

 ground. 



North Pacific . 



South Atlantic 

 Arctic Ocean . 



South Atlantic 

 North Pacific . . 



South Atlantic 

 Arctic Ocean . . 



North Pacific . 

 South Atlantic 

 North Pacific . 



South Atlantic 



Indian Ocean.. 



Japan Sea 



do 



Arctic Ocean . 



North Pacific . 



South Atlantic 

 Patagonia, &c. 

 Arctic Ocean . 

 North Pacific . 



North Pacific . 

 J icitic Ocean. 



-...do 



...do 



...do 



Indian Ocean . . 



North Pacific 

 ....do 



Date- 



....do 

 ....do 



....do .. 

 ....do.. 



Pacific Ocean 

 only freight. 



Oct. 15 



Nov. 28 

 Sept. 12 



Mar. 21 

 Nov. 21 



Dec. 6 



Sept. 20 



Aug. 30 

 Nov. 1 

 July 17 



Oct. 10 



Aug. 9 

 Oct. 4 

 Oct. 4 



Nov. 4 



Sept. 5 



July — 

 Aug. 12 

 Sept. 20 

 Aug. 24 



Nov. 28 

 Dec. 4 

 Dec. C 

 Dec. 30 

 Sept. 12 



Sept. 3 



Oct. 31 



Aug. 10 



Eejsult of voyage. 



May 6,1858 



June 2,1857 

 May 4,1859 



Apr. 19, 1857 



Mar. 18, 1857 

 July 15, 1856 

 Apr. 24,1858 



Mar. 18, 1857 



Apr. 4,1856 

 Aug. 2,1857 

 May 30, 1857 



Aug. 16, 1858 



June 26, 1859 



May 29, 1856 

 Mar. 24, 1856 



May 6, 1857 



May 10, 1855 

 Oct. 14,1855 

 Apr. 1, 1855 



May 9, 1859 



Nov. 12 Apr. 26, 1859 

 Sept. 26 May 23, 1859 



Oct. 31 

 Nov. 22 



Bbls. 



•201 



35 

 179 

 301 



(*) 



222 



79 



190 

 150 



200 



May 4, 1859 

 June 1,1859 



Mar. 9,186) 



55 

 190 



651 



371 

 900 



2, 505 



100 

 1, 205 



373 

 1, 982 

 1,958 



(*) 



630 



796 

 359 



1,400 



150 



50 



9! II! 



1,303 

 2,365 



1,472 

 1,520 



Lbs. 



3, lOt 



2, 500 



3,000 

 8,' 500 



(*) 



900 



100 



14, 000 



5,400 



11, 200 



15, 000 



3,500 

 2, 200 



Bemarks. 



Sent home 1,457 whale, 32,035 pounds hone ; 

 sold to New York October, 1858. 



Sold to Boston 1800 ; sent home 1,191 whale, 

 41,495 pounds bone. 



Withdrawn 1855. 



Sent home 59 sperm, 1.546 whale; con- 

 demned at Honolulu January, 1857, and 

 broken up. 



Sent home 135 sperm, 3,072 whale, 23,800 

 pounds bone ; condemned at Honolulu 

 January, 1857 ; fitted from Honolulu and 

 condemned again in December, 1858. 



Withdrawn 1859. 



Built at Rochester, Mass., 1825 ; new topped 

 1853 ; picked up a dismasted Japanese 

 junk with 27 people on board j carried her 

 into Loo Choo ; sold to New London 

 1858; sent home 1,453 whale, 21,337 

 pounds bone. 



Sent home 75 sperm, 32,000 pounds bone. 



Built 1851 ; sent home 75 sperm, 872 whale, 

 1,360 bone ; sold to New Bedford 1859. 



Sold to Boston 1860 ; sent home 70 sperm, 

 700 whale, 11,004 pounds bone. 



Withdrawn 1855. 

 Sent home 1,490 whale. 



No report. 

 No report. 



Sperm and elephant. 

 Part blackfish. 



Lost on coast of New Zealand, January 3, 

 1858 ; had 1,300 sperm ; saved a part. 



Sent home 245 sperm, 12,500 pounds bone. 



Sent home 282 sperm, 598 whale, 11,230 

 bone; lost on Prate Shoals, China Sea, 

 March, 1857; two men lost. 



Sent home 1,190 whale, 59,100 pounds bone. 



Captain Brownson came home 1858 ; sent 

 home 38 sperm, 407 whale, 4,400 pounds 

 bone; sold and withdrawn 1859; lost 

 1859. 



Sent home 203 sperm, 470 whale, 11, 400 bone. 



Dismasted in a gale It- 50 ; refitted at Hon- 

 olulu at an expense of over .|8,000 ; sent 

 home 810 whale, 19,400 pounds bone. 



Bought from StoniDgtou 1855 ; Captain 

 Tower died at sea October, 1856. 



