Isafjord, 72 Island Empire, cutting operations at, 37 Italian hemp, tested for a breaking point of eighteen tons, 14 _Iwashi kujira._ _See_ Sardine whale Jacobsen, Captain Reidar, 130 Japan, 5, 14, 37, 57, 61, 64, 79, 123, 152, 189, 220, 230, 235, 249, 253, 263, 266, 302 use of whales for food in, 304, 305 whaling banks of, 77 Japan Sea, 190 Japanese Empire, 5, 35, 178, 214 coast of, 5, 57, 58 stations in, 79 Jarfjord, 3, 176 Johanessen, Hans, mate of the _Puma_, 144 Johnson, Captain, 197, 200 Kamaishi, 130 Kay Verde Islands, 239 Kerguelen Islands, 9, 142, 304 Killer whale, 197, 218, 220, 221, 222, 223, 261, 263, 267, 289, 295 food of, 219 strength and ferocity of, witnessed by Captain Scott, 215 Kinka-San, 104, 121 Kirkeö, site of first factory for converting whale flesh into guano, 3 _Kirkwood_, ship, 156 Kishimoto, 79 _Koku kujira_ or devilfish, 108, 189, 190, 196 Korea, 57, 178, 189, 190, 191, 202, 206, 208, 210, 220, 221 coast of, 204 Koreans, 193, 194, 195 dress of, 192 _Kronprinz Wilhelm_, 39 Kyuquot, 4, 24, 153 Labrador, 144, 263, 301 coast of, 143 _Lagenorhynchus obliquidens._ _See_ Porpoise Larsen, Captain, 19, 130 Leopard, African hunting, 127 Line, harpoon, 14 Liouville, Doctor, 124 Lobtail, 38 Lobtailing, 65 Lucas, Doctor Frederic A., vii, 75, 142 extract from “_The Passing of the Whale_,” by, 298–300 weighing and measuring of blue whale by, 140 Layard’s whale (_Mesoplodon layardi_), 264 Machine for drying the flesh, 11 Magdalena Bay, 209 _Main_, Captain Melsom’s ship, 195, 201 “_Mammals of Great Britain and Ireland, The_,” by J. G. Millais, extracts from, 70, 146, 176, 182 Manager’s house, 11 Manatee. _See_ Sea cow “_Marine Mammalia, The_,” by Scammon, 196 _Marsouin blanc_, 269 Mast, 14 Matsumoto, Mr., 195 Maury, Lieut., 184, 256 McGrath, R. T., 298 McMurdo Strait, 220 Megapteras, 66 Melsom, Captain H. G., vii, 60, 70, 146, 195, 199, 201, 208, 263 blue whale killed by, at Ulsan, Korea, 57 _Mesoplodon densirostris_, specimen of, found on New Jersey coast, 265 _Mesoplodon grayi_, 264 _Mesoplodon layardi_ (Layard’s whale), 264 _Metropolitan_, viii Mexico, Norwegian firm built station on Pacific coast of, 5, 301 Milk, taste and appearance of, 73, 74, 75 Milk glands, 74 Millais, J. G., quoted, 69, 70, 71, 72, 144, 145, 146, 176, 180, 181, 182 _Minerva_, whaling steamer, 72 Montana, 140 Motion-picture film, 100, 101 Müller, Mr., 264 Murderer’s Cove, 4, 46 _Mystacoceti._ _See_ Whalebone whales Nagasaki, 77 Nannaimo, Vancouver Island, Pacific Whaling Company erected a station at, 185 Narwhal, 269, 276 _National Geographic Magazine_, viii Naturalist, 16, 19, 20, 54 _Ne Taihei_, 104 Nets, for catching whales, 6 New Bedford, Mass., 1, 2, 16, 239, 278 New Bedford whalers, 238 New England states, 1