which yield; those of the second are not only mildrant but also that die characterised by plates of wood the "blueback" -- of commerce. This whale home in some varies in length from on foot up to twelve feet in different species; For more than a thousand years the capture of Right Whales, those yielding the largest quantities of oil has been an im- portant occupation with both European & American whalers, but only in comparatively recent times has the industry extended to the taking of the Squails those whales with short coarse whalebone & thin blubber. These whales were followed in a small boat, harpooned & killed with the hand lance: set was at best a dangerous occupation & which courage were required in its prosecution, thus drawing to its ranks the best of most all meritorious seamen. However with the gradual extermination of Right Whales & the diminution in the numbers of Squails attention was turned to this Phyaquala, those