LIST Ol' 1 PLATES TO SECTION V. XV 



Vol. Page. 



130. Channel herring weir near Eastport, Me. ; controls channel between islands I, 501 



From photograph by T. W. Sinillie. 



131. Section of ballasted weir near Eastport, Me. ; for rocky bottom I, 502 



From photograph hy T. W. Sinillie. 



132. Fishing a herring weir at low tide, near Eastport, Me I, 503 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



133. General view of sardine cannery at Eastport, Me I, 508 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



134. View of sardine cannery at low tide, showing the employe's at work I, 508 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



135. Herring boat landing fish at a sardine cannery, Eastport, Me I, 50!) 



From photograph hy T. W. Smillie. 

 lob'. Sardine steamer for collecting herring and towing weir boats I, 510 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



KIT. Children al sardine cannery cutting oft" the heads and tails and cleaning small herring for can- 

 ning I, .MO 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



]''*. Washing, draining, and flaking herring at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me I, 5)'.! 



From photograph by T. \V. Smillie. 



13SI. Spreading herring on flakes for drying in the sun or in an oven I, fill 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



140. Herring drying on flakes in the sun ; landing, cleaning, washing, &c., at sardine cannery, East- 



port. Me '. I, 513 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



141. Fish-drying frames on roof at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me I, 512 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



1 1','. Frying room in sardine cannery, East port, Me. ; herring frying in pans of oil I, ,M4 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



143. Packing room at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me. ; packing herring-sardines in tin boxes I, f>lo 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



144. Soldering room at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me. ; solderers sealing the cans I, 51(i 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



145. Bathing room at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me.; bathing vats at the left ; men at right venting 



cans I, 51? 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



146. Making sard ine cans at Eastport, Me I, 518 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE SPANISH MACKEREL FISHERY. 



147. Methods of setting Spanish mackerel gill-nets I, 546 



FIG. 1. " Straight set." 

 FIG. 2. Circle set. 

 FIG. 3. Crooked set. 

 FIG. 4. "Hook set." 

 FIG. 5. "Tset." 

 FIG. 6. " Square set." 

 FIG. 7. "Triangle set," 

 FIG. 8. " Harpoon set." 



From Report U. S. Fish Commission, Tart VIII, 1880. 



148. Chesapeake Bay Spanish mackerel pound-net I, 548 



From Report U. S. Fish Commission, Part VIII, 1880. 



THE MULLET FISHERY. 



1 I'J Camp of mullet fishermen, North Carolina I, 5C2 



From a photograph. 



THE POUND-NET FISHERIES OF THE ATLANTIC STATES. 



150. Diagram of pound-net at Bald Head, Maine. (By Capt. J. W. Collins) I, 598 



151. Diagram of pound-net at, Small Point, Maine. (By Capt. J. W. Collins) I, 598 



