Sept., 1885.] 



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a certain number were always engaged for that particular service in the crews of 

 English whalers when that people were first embarking in the whale fishery. 



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There are different localities in the various oceans commonly called grounds 

 where whales are more abundant. These are known among the whaling frater- 

 nity bj certain names. Among them is the Charleston Ground, which compri- 

 ses that part of the Atlantic between Charleston and the island of Bermuda, 

 with Northern and Southern limits not accurately defined. 



There is a lower jaw of a large Sperm whale which was captured in this 

 ground by a New Bedford whaler 50 years ago, and afterwards presented by 

 him to the Charleston Museum. The Biscay whale too has had his home here 

 in some numbers for shortly after the capture of the specimen in this harbor, 



