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sected, while according to the latter method, a schooner of 

 about 300 tons or the schooner with auxiliary engines, are applied 

 with some four or five boats. On reaching the fishing ground, 

 middle sized guns or harpoons are provided in the boats before 

 they begin the work. The former method makes no discrimina- 

 tion as to the species of whale, but the latter method is chiefly- 

 confined to the sperm whales. The fishing grounds are in the 

 Pacific and the sea of Japan. Whaling is carried on all the 

 year round, but in summer, owing to the low price of whales 

 the number of whales caught is few, the most prosperous season 

 being from October to March of the following year. 



Whales thus caught are used for obtaining oil, food stuffs^ 

 manure or articles of various kinds. The whale oil is obtained 

 by roasting the blubber or by steaming the bones of whales. 

 It is used for the purpose of lubricating machines and other 

 similar purposes. Most of these products are exported, a wel! 

 known agent being the Yokohama Fish Oil Company. The flesh,, 

 fins, and blubber are salted or bottled but in summer they are 

 converted into fertilizers, while flesh, entrails and bone dusts are 

 chiefly used as fertilizers excepting the bones which are used for 

 for making products of various manual works. 



(2) Yellow-tail Pound-net Exhibited by Yeizaburo Hitaka. 



This fishing method has been in existence from early times, 

 but with improvements which resulted in the construction of 

 the present type, the amount of fish caught was greatly in- 

 creased and at present this method occupies the principal 

 position. A study of the change in this method of fishing 

 shows us that its origin has no records to depend upon but the 

 method must have originated somewhat in this wise. 



The one end of tlie yellow-tail net is turned in such a way 



