HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN WHALE FISHERY. 



sailing from American ports — Continued. 



527 



Whaling- 

 ground. 



North Pacific . 

 Indian Ocean . 

 Pacific Ocean 

 Indian Ocean . 

 Pacific Ocean . 



North Pacific 



Pacific Ocean . 



....do 



....do 



North Pacific . 



Pacific Ocean . 

 North Pacific . 



Indian Ocean . 

 ....do 



Pacific Ocean . 

 Ind. & Pacific. 



Pacific Ocean 



...do 



North Pacific 



....do 



Pacific Ocean 



Atlantic 



Pacific Ocean 

 ... do 



do 



South Pacific 

 Pacific Ocean 



....do 



Indian Ocean 



Date- 



Atlantic 

 ....do ... 



Pacific Ocean . . 



... do 



Ind. & Pacific. 



Pacific Ocean . 



North Pacific 



Indian Ocean 

 Pacific Ocean . 



Nov. 5 

 Juue 5 

 Oct. 22 

 June 5 

 Aug. 23 



Sept. 1 



Jan. 17 



Aug. 15 



July 26 

 Aug. 1 



Oct. 15 

 Aug. 15 



July 24 

 June 4 

 Aug. 7 

 July 1 



Aug. 28 

 Oct. 4 

 Sept. 10 

 Nov. 16 

 Aug. 1 



Mar. 12 

 Aug. 18 

 Sept. 19 



Sept. 6 



June 27 

 Oct. 3 



Nov. 6 

 Jan. 14 



June 4 

 Aug. 31 



Aug. 15 

 Oct 4 



Oct 9 



Sept. 11 



Aug. 21 

 Dec. 14 



June 25, 1859 

 May 26, 1858 

 Sept. 27, 1859 

 Aug. 23, 1858 

 June 18, 1858 



July 23, 1858 



June 27, 1859 

 May 21, 1859 



June 10, 1859 

 July 5,1859 



Mar. 20, 1859 

 Aug. 22, 1858 

 May 10,1859 

 May 24, 185'J 



Feb. 27, 1857 

 June 1, 1859 

 July 13, 1859 

 June 9, 1859 

 July 27, 1859 



Nov. 19, 1856 

 May 28, 1859 

 May 28, 1859 



July 28, 1860 



Aug. 

 May 



7, 1859 

 5, 1859 



Apr. 1, 1860 

 May 8,1859 



Dec. 14, 1856 

 July 8, 1857 



May 28, 1859 



June 19, 1860 

 May 8, 1800 



Aug. 5, 1859 



Result of voyage. 



Bbls 



1, 00' 



235 



1,375 



339 



385 



1,090 



916 



166 



1,553 

 140 



934 



1,344 



94 



171 

 1,189 



1,780 



196 



670 



1,570 

 1,250 



826 



Bbls. 

 1,864 



2,070 



107 



1, 700 



1, 321 



620 



1, 64,- 



72H 



66( 



1,431 



60 



2, 200 



67^ 

 2,014 



Lbs. 

 1,900 



1,700 



7,700 

 6," 200 



17, 300 



700 

 15, 000 



■Mi; 

 600 



1, 300 



5,400 



Remarks. 



Sent home 17,141 pounds bone. 



Sent home 65 sperm, 122 pounds bone. 



Built 1845; third mate and boat's crew lost 



November 19, 1856, last to a whale. 

 Stove by ice and sunk in Ochotsk June 15, 



1856; saved 230 .sperm, 40 whale. 

 Bought from Nantucket, 1854; sent home 



519 sperm. 

 Sent home 48 sperm, 487 whale, 6,500 pounds 



lone; lost in Potter's Bay, (Ochotsk,) 



October 7, 1856. 

 Sent home 455 sperm, 32 whale. 

 Seut heme 145 speim, 580 whale, 19,200 



) ountis bone. 

 Bought from Stonington, 1855. 

 Sent heme 600 whale, 20,600 pounds bone; 



sold and withdrawn, 1859. 



Added 1855; sent home 38 sperm. 



Sent home 1,310 whale. 



Sent home 255 sperm, 395 whale, 19,400 

 pounds bone; no oil on board; with- 

 drawn, 1861, for merchant service. 



Built 1855. . 



Bought from Nantucket, 1855. 



Sent home 1,749 whale. 



Altered from a ship, 1855; sent home 588 



speim. 

 Sent home 80 sperm. 



Sent home 6 sperm, 170 whale, 4,800 bone. 

 Took a bowhead whale, yielding 100 barrels 



oil, 2,000 pounds bone; sent home 958 



wha'e, 20 617 pounds bone; sold and 



withdrawn, 1859; sold to Boston, and 



condemned at Baltimore, 1>61. 

 Built at Fairhaven, 1855; sent home 129 



83erm. 

 Sent home 385 sperm, 1,300 pounds bone. 

 Captain Walker came home, 1858; sent 



home 138 sperm, 799 whale, 37 543 pounds 



bone; sold and withdiawn, I860; one of 



'Stone Fleet" No. 1. 

 Bought from New York. 1855; built, 1848; 



sent home 676 sperm, 105 humpback. 

 Sailed November 23, 1854; returned in De- 



C' mber, leaky; sent home 260 sperm, 460 



whale, 16,578 pounds bone. 

 Sent home 50 sperm. 

 Formerly a schooner; added, 1854, from 



Provincetown ; sold to Mattapoisett, 1857. 

 Sent home 400 sperm on voyape; third 



mate, Charles Swartwout, and fcur men 



lost by running • n to a loose whnlo whilo 



fast to another, and the boat upsetting. 



Sent home 1,181 whale, 13,652 bone; added 

 1855, from Holmes's Hole; third mate, 

 Watson Bui pee, lost overboard October 

 17, 1855; withdrawn 1860; finally con- 

 demned at St. Catharine's. March. 1861. 



Bought from New London, 1855; built 1853; 

 Bent home 2,714 whale, 34,153 pounds 

 bone; sold at San Francisco, 1860. 



Sailed June 19; returned July 10; Captain 

 hurt; sent homo a small quantity of oil; 

 lost off coast of Chili January 27, 1856. 



Sent home 369 speim; lost on a reof near 

 Honolulu, March 17, 1858. 



