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Pribylov Islands, leased to Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany 385 



limit to use of fire-arms on 383 



natives on 380 



number of seals taken on 377 



reasons for presence of fur seals . 331 

 regulations for conduct of affairs 



on 388 



rental of 391 



restrictions in landing on 385 



Russian seal industry on 376 



sea-lion hunt oil 467-474 



sites of abandoned seal rookeries. :i.">s 



statistics of seals taken on 3(H 



total number of fur seals on 350, 351 



Treasury Department agents on . 393 

 under Russian-American Fur Com- 

 pany 379 



value of seals on 359 



wages paid natives on 383 



Prince Edward Group, fur-seals at 417 



sea-elephants at 417 



sealing voyages to 446-456 



Prince Edward Island, lobster canneries at 690 



oysters at 509 



Privateers, destruction of whalers by 235 



Products of Dundee whale fishery 202 



whale fishery, statistics of 4, 145, 166-173 



Profits of lobster fishermen 680 



whale fishery 98 



Propagation of sponges H32 



Providence, R. I., oyster freshening at 546 



opening at 559 



whale fishery of 117 



whaling fleet of 171,172 



Providence River, Rhode Island, cat-boats 671 



former abundance 



of oysters in ... 510 

 oyster planting in. 536 



Proviucetown, Mass., blackfish at 303 



boat whaling at 40 



census of whaling fleet 173 



decrease of lobsters at 698 



early whale fishery from.. .. 94 

 history of whale fishery of. . 144 



lobster fishery at 702, 778 



laws at 727 



lobsters at 662, 709 



sealing fleet of 439, 440 



vessels from 476 



shore whaling at 3,41 



whale fishery from 27 



whaleman's share system . . . 292 



whaling fleet of 3, 171, 172 



voyages from 17C-192 



Frussic acid used in capture of whales 248 



Ptiget Sound, mussels in 619 



Quahaug, clamming grounds for 603-1511 



description of 595 



flshery 505, 595, 613 



fishery, apparatus and methods of 597 



at Long Island 605 



in Chesapeake Bay 607 



Connecticut 604 



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Qaualiang fishery in New Jersey tiU7 



New York Bay 607 



North Carolina 608 



Rhode Island 604 



Indian names for 595 



or hard clam 581 



reproduction of 596 



shells, Indian implements made from ... fiSI'J 



trade of New York, history of 602 



Qiuihaiigs, called Little Neck clam , ti02 



poqaim C04 



tea-clams 1102 



canned 606 



dried on strings 600 



food qualities of 098 



geographical distribution of 595 



habits of r,;u; 



iced tor shipment 603 



markets for 602 



methods of baking 600,601 



capturing 597 



packing 604 



planting 606 



price of 604 



season for 607 



statistics for Chesapeake Bay 608 



Long Island 608 



New Jersey 608 



\e\v York Bay 608 



Southern States 608 



of total production 608 



value of 597 



wampum made from shells of 599 



winter habits of 597 



Qu iucy, Mass. , whaling fleet of 171 



Rahway, N. J., oyster freshening at 546 



Rakes, clam 610 



quahaug 598 



Rappahannock River, Virginia, decrease in oysters 527 



oyster planting in. f;27 

 Raritan River, New Jersey, natural oyster-beds in . 511 



Rathbuu, Richard, on crab fisheries 627-658 



crayfish fishery 627,794-798 



leech industry 811,813 



lobster fishery 627, 658-794 



rock-lobster fishery. ..627,798,799 



shrimp and prawn fisheries ..627, 



799-810 



sponge fishery 817-841 



Ray, George R., on lobsters 706 



Razor-fish 505, 613 



Professor Lankester on 614 



Red Brook, Mass., oysters at 510 



Red crab of Pacific coast 657 



Reef seal rookery, Saint Paul Island 336, 344 



Refineries, whale-oil 4 



Refining whale oil, method of 4 



Refrigeration of crabs 639 



oysters 562 



Reindeer, whaling bark, at Iceland ID 



Resolution Island, whaling at 18 



Return Reef, whaling at 21 



Rhode Island, boat whaling in 48 



clam bakes in 601 



