MR. T. SOUTHWELL OX THE ARCTIC WHALE-FISHERY. 205 
1733 a bounty of 20s. per ton on all whaling ships over 200 
tons was granted. This seems to have created some revival 
from Yarmouth, for in 1746 the “ Elizabeth and Mary ” 
returned from Greenland with four Whales. Another vessel 
was fitted out in 1753 the return of which with one Whale is 
recorded in the ‘Gentleman’s Magazine’ under date of 23 July 
of that year, and on 10 July, 1754, the same Magazine mentions 
the arrival in Yarmouth Roads of the “ Alexander ” with 
three, and the “ Charming Polly ” with five Whales. Palmer 
records that in 1758 the “ Three Brothers ” of Yarmouth, 
returning from Greenland with one Whale, was captured by 
the French, but the latter had not always their own way, for 
the same authority informs us that in the previous year 
a Yarmouth Greenlander, the “ Prince William,” assisted by 
the “ Hope ” of London, captured a French privateer with 
47 men and “ 3 ransomers ” on board, and carried her into 
Shields. 
In 1764 seven Yarmouth ships were employed in the 
fishery, apparently with very little success, for they only 
brought home seven Whales. The English, notwithstanding 
the encouragement offered by the government, still seem to 
have displayed very little energy in the prosecution of the 
Whale-fishery, and were driven from the field by the superior 
foresight, energy, and economical methods of the Dutch, 
who between the years 1770 and 1 778, both inclusive, made 
1174 voyages against 603 by the English, but Anderson 
(Origin of Commerce) referring to the year 1762 and writing 
of the port of Yarmouth, says it had lately entered pretty 
much into the Greenland fishery and sent out several ships 
annually. Quoting from a diary kept by one of the Youell 
family under date of 23 July, 1786, Palmer gives the following 
extract : “ Went on board the ‘ Yarmouth ’ and ‘ Norfolk ’ 
Greenland ships which have caught seven Whales each the 
early return of these, and other whaling vessels to be mentioned 
further on, seems remarkable. It is further stated in the 
‘ Perlustrations of Great Yarmouth ’ that “ in 1801 twenty 
ships were employed in this fishery, and returned from 
Greenland with rich cargoes, but heavy losses subsequently 
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