XX LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. 



THE SEA-OTTER FISHERY OF ALASKA. 



Vol. Page. 



234. Aleuts sea-otter hunting south of Saanak Island ; the bidarkies waiting for the otter to rise 



again II, 490 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



THE TURTLE FISHERY. 



235. Diving for loggerhead turtle; Morehead City, N. C II, 495 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. 



236. Oyster dredging steamer at work in Long Island Sound II, 523,535 



237. Chesapeake Bay oyster dredges II, 523 



From specimens iu H. S. National Museum. 



238. Oyster tongs and nippers II, 551 



J.!'.i. FIG. 1. lut-Iosed dock for oyster vessels at Perth Ainboy, N. J II, 546 



FIG. 2. "The Creek" at Key port, N. J., with oyster boats, skiffs, and scows II, 546 



Drawings by Ernest IngersolL 



240. A Lake's Bay shipping-house and " platform " for freshening oysters, Smith's Landing, Lake's 



Bay, New Jersey II, 546 



Drawing by Ernest IngersolL 



241. Oyster-bar*ges at foot of West Tenth street, North River, New York City II, 555 



Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll. 



242. Opening or shucking oysters in Baltimore packing-house II, 560 



From a photograph. 



243. Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diverse patterns, used in New England, 



New York, and the Chesapeake region II, 559 



THE CLAM INDUSTRY. 



211. Clam-diggers' boats and shncking-honses at Esses, Mass II, 585 



From photograph by T. "W. Suiiliie. 



245. Opening or shucking clams at Essex, Mass II, 565 



From photograph by T. W. Siuillie. 



THE CRAB FISHERY. 



246. Negroes trawling for crabs on the Virginia and North Carolina coasts II, 633 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



247. Dory fishermen hauling lobster pots off Cape Ann, Massachusetts II, 686, 677, 



773 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



248. Lobster fishing-boats of Bristol, Me II, 669,677, 



759 

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



249. Lobster Cove at Lanesville, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, showing fishermen's boat-houses and gear. II, 666, 773 



From photograph by T. W. Smillin. 



jr.O. Summer village of lobster fishermen at No Man's Land, Massachusetts II, 781 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1882. 



251. Lobster fishermen's gear at No Man's Land, Massachusetts. (Explanation on plate) II, 665,672, 



781 

 Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



252. Lobster-boiling apparatus at Portland, Me II, 684 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE FLORIDA SPONGE INDUSTRY. 



253. Sponges as lauded by the fishermen at Key West, Fla., and ready for sale II, 826 



From a photograph. 



254. Sponge-loft at Key West, Fla II, 828 



From a photograph. 



255. Sorting, trimming, and baling sponges at Key West, Fla II, 828 



