Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . he w^hale fishery made by Americans. DanielDenton states quaintly in his New York (1670), Upon theSouth-side of Long Island in the Winter, lie store of Whales andCrampasses, which the inhabitants begin with small boats to makea trade Catching to their no small benefit. Oddly enough, it isthis primitive phase of the fishery that has alone survived on theisland to the present day. Long Island ships engaged in pelagicwhaling began to sail the seas about 178-i, in which year twowhaleships cleared from Sag Harbor. Between that date and 1875,at least six Long Island towns
Brooklyn Museum Quarterly . he w^hale fishery made by Americans. DanielDenton states quaintly in his New York (1670), Upon theSouth-side of Long Island in the Winter, lie store of Whales andCrampasses, which the inhabitants begin with small boats to makea trade Catching to their no small benefit. Oddly enough, it isthis primitive phase of the fishery that has alone survived on theisland to the present day. Long Island ships engaged in pelagicwhaling began to sail the seas about 178-i, in which year twowhaleships cleared from Sag Harbor. Between that date and 1875,at least six Long Island towns, excluding the port of New York,sent out Avhaleships; and at the climax of the fishery Sag Harborhad 63 vessels, and her nearest rival, Greenport, about a mementos, however, now seem to be relatively scarce onLong Island. A considerable quantity of the old apparatus maybe in the possession of the families of former whalemen, but thematerial is evidently scattered, and thus far only a few pieces of 161 f. •4. JAGGIN WHEELSfrom the Whaling Exhibition. scrimshawn from Sag Harbor, and a notable aggregation of whal-ing weapons and gear from Cold Spring Harbor, have found theirway into the Brooklyn Museum. The greater part of our excel-lent collection had its origin in New England hulls. The specimens in the exhibit recently ended comprised mostof the weapons, tools, and tackle employed in the capture and sub-sequent disposal of a whale, and also instruments of navigation andother articles of frequent use on board the vessels, as well as models,prints, photographs, and scrimshawn. The last term, it ma} bewell to explain, refers to the great variety of trinkets, ornaments,and beautified objects of utility, some of them of great artisticvalue, which were manufactured by whalers from sperm whale ivory,often in combination with bone, whalebone, wood, silver, mother ofpearl, etc. Etched whale teeth, walking sticks, jewel or ditty boxes,and pastry markers or Jaggin wheels,
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