. The commercial products of the sea or, : Marine contributions to food, industry and art. Fisheries; Seafood; Commercial products. 2o8 The Commercial Products of the Sea. Porpoise Oil.—A fishery for the porpoise {Delphirnis p/ioccuna) is carried on off the coasts of Trebizond ; it is Fig. Black porpoise {P/ioaeiia vulgaris). taken in nets, and also shot. This fishery yields upwards of 700,000 lbs. of oil per annum, a portion of which is con- sumed by the lower classes for lighting, and the rest finds a market in Constantinople. Porpoises are also caught in large numbers in the Little Bel
. The commercial products of the sea or, : Marine contributions to food, industry and art. Fisheries; Seafood; Commercial products. 2o8 The Commercial Products of the Sea. Porpoise Oil.—A fishery for the porpoise {Delphirnis p/ioccuna) is carried on off the coasts of Trebizond ; it is Fig. Black porpoise {P/ioaeiia vulgaris). taken in nets, and also shot. This fishery yields upwards of 700,000 lbs. of oil per annum, a portion of which is con- sumed by the lower classes for lighting, and the rest finds a market in Constantinople. Porpoises are also caught in large numbers in the Little Belt, Denmark, where 1500 to 2000 are frequently obtained. The extraction of the oil of the white whale {Beluga. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Simmonds, P. L. (Peter Lund), 1814-1897. New York : D. Appleton and company
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