THE AMERICAN WHALE -EISHEBY. 



213 



Places Tvliere owned. 



New Bedford . , 



Fairhaven 



Dartmouth . . . . 



AVestport 



Wareham 



Eochester 



Nantucket . . . . 

 Edgartown . . . . 

 Holmes' Hole. . 

 Fall Eiver . . . . 



Lynn 



Newburyport. . 



Plymouth 



Salem 



Boston 



Dorchester. . . . 



Falmouth 



Provincetown. . 



Portland 



"VViscasset 



Ships 



and 



Barks. 



169 



43 



3 



5 



2 



5 



77 



8 



3 



4 



4 



3 



3 



14 



2 

 8 



1 



1 



Brigs 



aDd 



Schrs. 



4 



2 



10 



4 



Amount 



of 

 Tonnage. 



56,118 



13,274 



874 



1,443 



904 



2,615 



27,364 



2,659 



1,180 



1,604 



1,209 



1,099 



910 



4,265 



125 



581 



2,490 



172 



388 



380 



Places where owned. 



Portsmouth . . . . 



Newport 



Bristol 



Warren 



Providence 



New London . . . 



Stonington 



Mystic 



Sag Harbor. . . . 



Greenport 



New Suffolk 



Jamesport 



Bridgeport 



New York 



Hudson 



Poughkeepsie . . 

 Cold Spring. . . . 

 Wilmington , . . . 

 Newark 



Ships 



and 



Barks. 



1 



9 

 5 



18 

 3 



30 

 7 

 5 



31 

 4 

 1 

 1 

 3 

 3 



Brigs 



and 



Schrs. 



2 

 1 

 3 



9 

 5 

 3 



Amount 



of 

 Tonnage. 



348 



3,152 



1,782 



6,075 



1,080 



11,447 



2,912 



1,797 



10,005 



1,414 



274 



236 



913 



710 



2,902 



2,043 



629 



1,578 



366 



In 1846, the American force engaged was six hundred and seventy -eight ships 

 and barks, thirty -five brigs, and twenty -two schooners, aggregating two hundred 

 and thirty-three thousand one hundred and eighty-nine tons, valued at $21,075,000. 

 At the same time, all the investments connected witli the business are said to have 

 been at least $70,000,000, and seventy thousand persons derived their chief support 

 from the whaling interests. The first Bowhead Whales taken in the North Pacific, 

 or in Behring Sea, were by the American ships Hercules, Captain Ricketson, and 

 Janus, Captain Turner, which were on the coast of Karaschatka in 1843. In 1847, 

 Bowheads were discovered in the Okhotsk Sea ; and in 1848, Captain Roycc, in the 

 bark Superior, of Sag Harbor, was the first to pass through Behring Strait, and 

 capture the Balama mysticetus of the Arctic Ocean. From 1846 to 1851, inclusive, 

 the whale -fi.shery of the United States may be regarded as having been in its most 

 flourishing condition, the average number of vessels annually employed for these 

 years being six hundred and thirty -eight, with an aggregate tonnage of two hun- 

 dred and two thousand two hundred and seventy -two tons. This immense fleet 



