Whale being speared with harpoons by fishermen in the arctic sea
Engraving by A.M. Fournier after Traviès 1809
An item reported the arrival at Lahaina, Hawaii on 15 October of the American whaling ship St. George captain L. Fisher of New Bedford, USA 15,5 months out 850 barrels oil-500 this season. One of her crewmembers Baker Hall of Cold Spring, New York fell on 4 June over board and drowned.
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