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INDEX. 



Page 



Whale, Bowhead, how thej' breed. 01 



Bowhead and Eight, manner of cutting- 

 in a 232 



California Gray, baleen of 55 



description of 20 



embryos of 23 



fears of extinction of 33 



food of 24 



habitat of 22 



habits of 24, 32 



in Arctic ice-fields 31 



manner of pursuing and capturing. 25 



measurements of a male 20 



number captured 23 



number migrating 23 



season of bringing forth 3'oung .... 25 



time of gestation of 23 



yield of oil of 21 



young of 22 



Finback, description of 31 



measurements of 34 



respiration and movements of 35 



Northern 30 



Humpback, anatomy of 41 



baleen of 55 



description of 38 



habitat of 40 



how captured 40 



manner of suckling young 45 



measurements of . , 31) 



migration of 42 



sexual lial)its of 45 



yield of oil and bone 40 



Right, baleen of 55, GO 



feed of 54 



first taken on the North-western 



Coast 212 



habits of 08 



resort to bring forth young 07 



size of 00 



where and how captured 00-08 



yield of oil of 00 



Sharpheaded Finuer, description of ... . 49 



habitat and habits of 51 



measurements of 50 



movements and foetus of 41) 



Sperm, description and size of 74 



ferocity of 78 



habitat of 77 



habits of 75 



manner of cutting -in a 230 



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"Whale, Sperm, manner of feeding 79 



manner of suckling young 74 



nature of food of 80 



vessels destroyed by 78 



when first captured in the Pacific. . 209 

 when first discovered on the Japan 



coast. 212 



yield of oil 70 



Suljihurbottom, baleen of 55 



following a vessel 71 



size and mode of capture of.. 70, 72, 73 



where found 71 



\A'lialo, how approached 227 



how captured 256 



manner of capture and trying -out in 



early days 191 



shijos, outfits, and manner of takiu,g the. 216 



Whale-boat, how manned 220 



description of an Escjuimaux 31 



Whale -fishery, American, early histoiy of. . 202 



statistics of for 38 years 243 



Whale -fishing, ori.gin and ancient mode of. 185 



Whale -grounds. Northern Eight 214 



Southern Eight 215 



Sperm 214 



Whalemen, Life and Characteristics of Amer- 

 ican 252 



Whales, by whom first pursued 185 



in lagoons, manner of taking 260 



manner of signaling direction of 230 



number captured 251 



passing from Atlantic Arctic to Pacific 



Arctic 59 



taken off Karaginski Island 59 



Whale -ship, again to the frozen seas 273 



distribution of officers and crew of 222 



equipment of 224 



how made up, crew of a 255 



homeward bound 275 



outfit of a first-class 313 



outward bound 22C 



post - offices 253 



routine of duty on a 221 



requisites for 221 



stores and outfits of a 31g 



Whale -ships, communication between 252 



eticjuette of 25^1 



history of old 24J 



wdiere recruited 25J 



Whaling among the Indians of the North- 

 western Coast 21 



