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Free and impartial remarks on the real importance of the whale fishery : In a letter to a member of Parliament. Wherein the several national encouragements which have been given to it, are considered; the causes of their failure of success, pointed out; and the means suggested, by which they may be rendered effectual. Interspersed with notes, containing a more perfect description of the fish; the manner of taking it; the nature of the finns; and other matters relative to the subject, than has hitherto been published. By a Merchant.

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Main Author:	Merchant
Corporate Author:	Gale (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[London] : Printed for M. Cooper, at the Globe, in Pater-Noster-Row, MDCCLV. [1755]
Subjects:	Whaling > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Fisheries > Great Britain > Early works to 1800. Electronic books.
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