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[HAWAII]. -- [WHALING]. Polynesian Whalemen’s List. Later from the Arctic. Arrival of Scr. “Sea Witch!” [Honolulu, 16 October 1861]. Small 8vo (191 x 121 mm). Illustrated broadside, pasted down on lined paper, with contemporary notation of date as above, some spotting. The Schooner Sea Witch arrived in Honolulu from the Arctic the day before, and notice wasn’t posted in the Polynesian newspaper until the 19th. 12-lines of text in small type regarding the activities of this ship, Capt. Taylor, since she left Plover Bay on September 9th, in company with the John Howland and schooner Cornelius Terry of San Francisco. “Brings 23 csks oil, 7,500 lbs wh bn, 4,400 lbs walrus ivory and 3 cs skins…” Followed by 27-lines of reports of “vessels spoken and heard from.” With a large cut of three-masted schooner under full sail, a cut used often, in small size, in the newspaper Polynesian.