A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . and southern oceans. The North Pa-cific ocean, between latitudes thirty-fiveand sixty degrees, is the ground wheremost of the right whales are inhabitants of the Massachusettscoast, particularly those of Nantucketand New Bedford, have long been cel-ebrated as the most expert whalemen inthe world. In 1846, two hundred whale-vesselsof different sizes arrived in the UnitedStates, bringing 95,221 barrels of sperm-oil, barrels of whale-oil, and2,276,936 pounds of whalebone. Ofthese vessels, sixty-two arrived at NewBedford.

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A new and popular Pictorial History of the United States . and southern oceans. The North Pa-cific ocean, between latitudes thirty-fiveand sixty degrees, is the ground wheremost of the right whales are inhabitants of the Massachusettscoast, particularly those of Nantucketand New Bedford, have long been cel-ebrated as the most expert whalemen inthe world. In 1846, two hundred whale-vesselsof different sizes arrived in the UnitedStates, bringing 95,221 barrels of sperm-oil, barrels of whale-oil, and2,276,936 pounds of whalebone. Ofthese vessels, sixty-two arrived at NewBedford. The population of this state in 1840amounted to 737,698, viz.: white males,360,679; white females, 368,351 ; freecolored males, 4,015; do. females. 4, these, 87,000 were engaged in agri-culture, 85,000 in trades and manufac-tures, and 27,000 in navigating the imports amounted to $16,500,000;the exports of domestic productions, to$6,000,000; and foreign, to $3,918, money-value of agricultural indus-try was estimated at $23,809,

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