﻿NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  SEAL 
  AND 
  WHALE 
  FISHERY. 
  63 
  

  

  fortune, 
  killing 
  two 
  other 
  Whales 
  of 
  12 
  ft. 
  3 
  in. 
  and 
  11 
  ft. 
  3 
  in. 
  

   respectively, 
  thus 
  making 
  a 
  brilliant 
  finish. 
  A 
  week 
  later 
  she 
  

   bore 
  up 
  for 
  home, 
  and 
  arrived 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  November, 
  having 
  

   the 
  produce 
  of 
  4 
  Black 
  and 
  33 
  White 
  Whales, 
  1 
  Walrus, 
  36 
  Seals, 
  

   and 
  38 
  Bears, 
  yielding 
  49 
  tuns 
  of 
  oil 
  and 
  68 
  cwt. 
  of 
  bone. 
  

  

  The 
  'Diana,' 
  after 
  her 
  exciting 
  passage 
  through 
  Melville 
  Bay, 
  

   reached 
  the 
  north 
  water 
  on 
  26th 
  June. 
  Her 
  first 
  Whale 
  was 
  

   seen 
  and 
  lost 
  on 
  6th 
  July, 
  but 
  the 
  next 
  day 
  they 
  were 
  fortunate 
  

   enough 
  to 
  secure 
  a 
  large 
  fish, 
  yielding 
  12 
  ft. 
  6 
  in. 
  bone, 
  and 
  a 
  

   second 
  very 
  small 
  Whale 
  of 
  4 
  ft. 
  bone 
  on 
  the 
  20th 
  July 
  in 
  Pond's 
  

   Bay. 
  She 
  reached 
  Dundee 
  on 
  the 
  15th 
  November, 
  having 
  on 
  

   board 
  2 
  Black 
  and 
  4 
  White 
  Whales, 
  3 
  Walrus, 
  18 
  Seals, 
  and 
  16 
  

   Bears, 
  representing 
  23 
  tuns 
  of 
  oil 
  and 
  26 
  cwt. 
  of 
  bone. 
  

  

  The 
  features 
  of 
  the 
  voyage 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  bad 
  weather 
  experi- 
  

   enced, 
  and 
  the 
  heavy 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  ice. 
  Many 
  Whales 
  were 
  

   seen, 
  and 
  doubtless 
  more 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  captured 
  had 
  it 
  been 
  

   possible 
  to 
  go 
  in 
  pursuit 
  of 
  them. 
  With 
  three 
  exceptions 
  they 
  

   were 
  all 
  very 
  fine 
  fish. 
  

  

  The 
  total 
  produce, 
  including 
  2 
  Black 
  and 
  4 
  White 
  Whales, 
  

   12 
  Walruses, 
  3044 
  Seals, 
  4 
  Bears, 
  33 
  tuns 
  of 
  oil, 
  and 
  22 
  cwt. 
  of 
  

   bone, 
  brought 
  home 
  from 
  Cumberland 
  Gulf 
  station 
  by 
  the 
  

   1 
  Greda,' 
  was 
  as 
  follows 
  : 
  — 
  14 
  Black 
  Whales, 
  79 
  White 
  Whales, 
  

   107 
  Walruses, 
  3229 
  Seals, 
  and 
  157 
  Bears, 
  yielding 
  145 
  tuns 
  of 
  

   oil 
  and 
  175 
  cwt. 
  of 
  bone, 
  of 
  the 
  approximate 
  value 
  of 
  £28,350, 
  

   against 
  a 
  like 
  valuation 
  of 
  £32,420 
  in 
  the 
  previous 
  season. 
  Bone 
  

   is 
  now 
  selling 
  at 
  the 
  enormous 
  price 
  of 
  £2700 
  per 
  ton, 
  irrespective 
  

   of 
  size, 
  which 
  offers 
  a 
  strong 
  inducement 
  to 
  risk 
  the 
  expensive 
  

   outfit, 
  and 
  to 
  endure 
  the 
  perils 
  and 
  hardships 
  of 
  the 
  voyage. 
  No 
  

   efficient 
  substitute 
  for 
  whalebone 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  discovered 
  for 
  

   stiffening 
  ladies' 
  dresses 
  and 
  whip-handles, 
  its 
  chief 
  uses, 
  and 
  

   the 
  price 
  seems 
  likely 
  to 
  go 
  even 
  higher 
  still. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  no 
  precise 
  information 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  Bottle- 
  

   nosed 
  Whales 
  killed 
  by 
  the 
  Norwegians, 
  but, 
  judging 
  from 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  this 
  season's 
  oil 
  on 
  the 
  market 
  (about 
  1600 
  tuns), 
  it 
  

   could 
  not 
  be 
  far 
  short 
  of 
  2000. 
  

  

  The 
  Newfoundland 
  Finwhale 
  fishery 
  continues 
  to 
  be 
  profit- 
  

   able. 
  The 
  spring 
  fishery, 
  commencing 
  in 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  March, 
  

   is 
  now 
  pursued 
  in 
  Hermitage 
  Bay, 
  where 
  up 
  to 
  July 
  the 
  " 
  Sulphur- 
  

   bottom 
  " 
  Whales 
  (doubtless 
  B. 
  sibbaldii) 
  are 
  killed. 
  After 
  the 
  

  

  