A History of the Whale Fisheries From the Basque Fisheries of the Tenth Centur

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A History of the Whale Fisheries From the Basque Fisheries of the Tenth Centur
J Travis James Travis Jenkins
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A half whale results when two whalers of different nationality strike the same whale which is by custom divided.
In 1728 the same twenty-three vessels procured eighteen whales, undoubtedly a losing voyage. The next year one of the twenty-three was lost, the remaining twenty-two bringing home twenty-seven and a half whales, the net loss this year exclusive of wear and tear being over six thousand nine hundred pounds. In 1730 the same twenty-two ships brought home twelve whales, the net loss bein
...g eight thousand nine hundred and twenty-one pounds. In 1731 one of the twenty-two was lost and the other twenty-one ships brought home fourteen whales, which was still a losing voyage. At this time there was invented a gun for shooting harpoons with gunpowder, at a greater distance than they could be thrown by hand. This invention was tried \\ ith " some success. " THE BOUNTY SYSTEM 183 At this time the whale fisheries of New England employed about one thousand three hundred tons of . Shipping.

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