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60. Mackerel schooner cruising in Massachusetts Bay; lookout at foretop on the watch for schools .. I, 255 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



61. Lookouts aloft on schooner on the watch for mackerel I> 255 



Drawing hy H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



62. Mackerel seine-boat and crew "paying out the seine" - I. 256 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



03. Mackerel seine-boat and crew pursing the seine I, 256 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. "W. Collins. 



04. Mackerel schooner with crew at work bailing mackerel from the purse-seine I, 258 



Drawing hy H. W.Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



65. Mackerel schooner with pocket or spiller shipped at sea . . . , I, 265 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt J. W. Collins. 



66. Mackerel schooner just arrived from cruise ; crew dressing and salting the fish I, 207 



From photograph bv T. W. Smillie. 



67. Culling.and packing mackerel at Portlaud, Me I, 267 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE MACKEREL HOOK FISHERY. 



68. Surf-fishing in boats for mackerel I, 275 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 

 09. Mackerel jigs and jig molds. (Explanation on plate) I, 278 



70. Jigging mackerel over the vessel's rail I, 284 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt J. W. Collins. 



71. Gaffing mackerel over the vessel's rail I, 279 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



72. FIG. 1. The old method of choppiug mackerel bait I, 279-283 



FIG. 2. The modern mackerel bait-mill I, 279-283 



Drawings by H. "W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



73. Throwing bait to toll mackerel alongside the vessel I, 284 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 

 7-1. Deck scene on mackerel hand-line schooner; jigging mackerel, slatting in the barrel, throwing 



toll-bait I, 284 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



75. Mackerel-packing on shipboard I, 2S7 



FIG. 1. Splitting, cleaning, and washing. 

 FIG. 2. Pitching, salting, and plowing. 



Drawings by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



THE MACKEREL GILL-NET FISHERY. 



76. Mackerel drag-nets set at night off coast of Maine I, 2D4 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J W. Collins. 



77. Cape Cod mackerel drag-boat lying to at night I, 294 



From sketch by J. S. Ryder. 



78. Dory fishermen picking mackerel gill-nets I, 294 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. " 



THE MACKEREL FISHERY EARLY METHODS. 



79. Old style Chebacco boats drailing for mackerel I, 299 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



80. Angling with poles for mackerel from an old Noank, Conn., sloop I, 299 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt J. W. Collins. 



STATISTICS OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



81. Diagram showing the catch of mackerel by citizens of Massachusetts between the years 1804 and 



1881, inclusive I, 312 



From Report U. S. Fish Commission, Part IX, 18S1. 



