A Master of the ship South Seaman, of New Bedford.

B Master of the ship William Wirt, of New Bedford.

C First officer of the ship General Pike, of New Bedford.

D First officer of the ship William Henry, of Fairhaven.

E See the Report of the New Bedford Port Society for 1857.

F Chambers.

G Macy's History of Nantucket.

H Christian Review, vol. xii.

I Average, eight feet; longest, fourteen feet.

J The author is indebted to Charles J. Barney, Esq., foreman of Dr. Daniel Fisher's oil factory, in Edgartown, one of the largest, if not the largest in the country, for the principal facts respecting the manufacture of oil.

K Harris.