Vancouver, factories of Canadian North Pacific Fisheries, Ltd., at, 5 Vancouver Island, 4, 19, 22, 46, 130, 185, 220 Varangerfjord, 3, 176 Vardö, 3 Victoria, B. C., 4 Vocal organs, 55 Voice, 55 Wads, 12 Wainscott, L. I., 256 Walrus, 213, 221 Wangamumu, 6 Weddell seal, 220 Whale lice, 211, 212, 248 Whale oil, 151 Whalebone, 2, 37 growth, composition, shape, bristles, use, development of, 67, 143, 248 Whalebone plates, bristles on inner side of, 69 Whalebone whales (_Mystacoceti_), 67 Whales, breeding habits of, 72 carcass used for human consumption, 5 depth of diving, 41 description of cutting, 240 double-finned, 61, 62 early extinction of, 21 food of, 67 inflating, 32, 33 influence of, upon fishing, 4 investigations, distribution, life history, relationship of, 20 manner of swimming, 148 meat of, 77 canning of, 89 chemical analysis of, 88 for eating purposes, 86 price of, 87 taste of, 88 methods of studying, 19 milking, 75 movements of, 67 nets for catching, 6 number taken during a season, 19 Whales, scientific study of, 17 spouting of, 43 time below the surface, 56 with two dorsal fins, 61 young of, number of, at a birth, 74 nursing of, 74 Whales, Asiatic, viii Whaling, beginning of, 245 great part persistency plays in, 136 new era of, 16 Whaling companies, assistance of, to scientists, 20 Whaling grounds, greatest of modern times, 9 Whaling ships, 11 Whaling stations, 11 Wharf, 11 White porpoise (_Delphinapterus leucas_), 56, 269 White whale or beluga, 154 Wilson, Doctor, quoted, 220 Winch, 14, 32, 34, 134 Windpipe or trachea, 44 _World’s Work_, viii Wrangle Island, 249 Wyoming, 140 Ziphiidæ, 264 Ziphioids, 258, 265 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES 1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Re-indexed footnotes using numbers. 4. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.