. The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery. ient number of captures had been made tosupply a full fare of blubber, the pigmy vessels returned to the home shores,apparently transformed into a mass of slimy whale-fat, above which peered theweather-worn sails. And, as years passed on, in still larger ships, they pressedforward, contending with every danger incident to the life of a sailor, uponunknown waters and in unhealthy climes, until a voyage around the world becameas legitimate in the co
. The marine mammals of the north-western coast of North America, described and illustrated; together with an account of the American whale-fishery. ient number of captures had been made tosupply a full fare of blubber, the pigmy vessels returned to the home shores,apparently transformed into a mass of slimy whale-fat, above which peered theweather-worn sails. And, as years passed on, in still larger ships, they pressedforward, contending with every danger incident to the life of a sailor, uponunknown waters and in unhealthy climes, until a voyage around the world becameas legitimate in the course of their professional lives, as was the launching of boatsthrough the surf to pursue the game near shore, over a hundred years before. As the fishery increased, several of the larger whaling-ports became distin-guished for pursuing some particular branch of this commerce. Nantucket wasnoted for its sperm whalers, who performed long voyages, maintained excellentdiscipline, and their ships, being generally confined to the temperate or tropicallatitudes during their cruises, were examples of cleanliness and good management. [240] Ph I V I I. J HE AMERICAN WHALE-FISHERY. 241 Provincetown has ever been foremost with her numerous fleet of plum-puddingers,or, in whaling phrase, plum-pu-dn-rs, which are small vessels, employed onshort vo}rages in the Atlantic Ocean. New Londoners have been, and stillare, renowned for prosecuting the Right Whale fishery, in the rough watersof high latitudes, and pursuing the Sea Elephant about the forbidding shores ofKerguelens Land, the Crozets, and Hurds Islands, situated far south in the IndianOcean; and also in contending with the northern ice and snow of Davis Straitand Hudsons Bay, in search of the Bowhead and the White Whale. Sag Harborand Stonington likewise employed many of their ships in the northern and south-ern Right Whale fishery ; and New Bedford, in the course of her absorption of thegreater portion of the whaling commerce of the Un
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