124 THE ZOOLOGIST. 
The total quantity of whaling produce brought home by the 
Dundee and Peterhead vessels was 286 tons of whale-oil, the bulk 
of which would be the produce of 902 White Whales, 28 tons of 
Bottle-nose oil, and 4 tons 7 ewt. of bone. The oil, at £20 per 
ton for Whale-oil and £26 for Bottle-nose, represents £6448, and 
the bone, at £1600 per ton (allowing for under-size), about £6360 
more; together, £12,808, against a like estimate for 1887 of 
£17,060, notwithstanding the increased price of bone. This is 
by far the smallest amount I have yet had to record. To show 
the serious falling off in this branch of the industry, I may mention 
that the estimates made on the same basis in my last five years’ 
Notes have been as follows :—£88,570 in 1884; £31,800 in 1885; 
£29,890 in 1886; £17,060 in 1887; and in the past season 
£12,880 only. 
In addition to the Whales and Seals above recorded, 311 
Walruses and many Bears were obtained. 
Of the incidents of Capt. Gray’s voyage in the ‘ Eclipse’ there 
is no need to speak, as Mr. Robert Gray, his son (and chief 
officer), has already communicated extracts from his “ Log” to 
‘The Zoologist’ (pp. 1, 41, 81 ante). 
I have mentioned the ‘ Perseverance,’ which returned clean 
to Peterhead after a fourteen-months’ voyage to Cumberland Gulf. 
I have been favoured with some particulars of her voyage, which 
I will briefly condense, as they will indicate the character of the 
autumn and spring fishery, to engage in which the vessels winter 
in Cumberland Gulf. The ‘ Perseverance,’ a barque of 163 tons, 
left Peterhead on July 20th, 1887, and after a very stormy passage 
arrived at Cumberland Gulf on Sept. 14th, where she discharged 
stores at Blacklead Island, the American station. Thence she 
was towed by the ‘ Active’ s.s. (of Dundee) to Kickerton, to dis- 
charge more stores for Mr. Noble’s station, returning to Blacklead 
Island, and proceeding to Niantilick (Winter Harbour), to take 
up position for the fall tishing. After about four weeks the ice 
began to make, and she attempted to get down to Harrison’s 
Point; but a southerly gale broke up the ice, and drove her and 
the ‘Germania,’ another sailing vessel belonging to Peterhead, 
outside the islands altogether, and they wintered off Bouilli 
Island in company. In the spring the Gulf was so filled with 
ice that they could not get their boats into the water, and the 
fishing was a failure; an attempt for White Whales was equally 
