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Auckland Islands, right whaling at 17 



sealingat 424 



sealing voyage to 448 



Australia, humpback whales off 22 



right whales at 16 



sealing voyage to 446 



s | ic Tin whales off coast of 11, 12 



whale fishery of 192, 208 



Azorean whalemen '218 



Azores, sperm whales off 9, 14 



whalers supply station at 24, :'< 



Babylon, N. Y., young quahaugs at rii.it"> 



Back River, Virginia, oyster planting in 527 



Baffin's Bay, whale fishery in 95 



Bahama Banks, sperm whales near 14 



Bahama Islands, whaling at 04 



Bahama sponge fishery 836 



Bait, blue crabs for 035, (i I-.', t;4f> 



clam, law concerning 010 



clams for 0:12 



crabs for 631,634,6:58, II! 



fiddler crabs for G I ^ 



flounders for lobster 076 



horseshoe crabs for C52 



lady-crab for 651 



lobster 65'.l, 747-71 >:> 



manner of catching G7.> 



quantity used 67C 



total used in Connecticut 789 



Maine 771 



Massachusetts 7S4 



New Jersey 79:! 



New York ? ;i^ 



Rhode Island 7>7 



Unit I-d States 793 



menhadeu, for lobster 077 



mussels for (;:!_> 



prawns for 



razor-fish for 015 



rock-lobsters for 7;H 



salted clams for ;,;i I 



sand-bug for , ;.yj 



sea-clams for 610 



sea-crabs for .' (J44 



seal-pins for lobster 076 



sheep heads and livers for 070 



shrimp and prawns for 11 j:;, ,-nij 



used in lobster fishery 07-1-1177 



Balaenoptera laticeps 195, 204 



musculus 195, 2( 14 



sibbaldi 191'., 'Jill 



Balenas Bay, humpback whales iu -j-j 



Baltimore, Md., oyster packing in Gliii, ,'iil 



qnahaug market at (ji IN 



seal ing voyages from 4:,1 



Baker, Capt. Amos C. , injured by whale ^7;; 



Barataria Bay, shrimp in 800,801,805 



Barhadoes, whaler's supply station , 



whaling at u'li 



Barnard, Capt. Chas. H., English cruelty to 411 



Barnegat Bay, oyster decrease in 518 



Barnes, Capt. W. M 7,11,84 



on Arctic whaling 74 



whalemen's songs 283 



Barnstable district, lobster fishery in 778,784,785 



Barnstable, Mass., drift whales at 27 



lobster fishery at 7*8.780 



oysters at 509 



soft clams at 589 



whale fishery statistics, 1771 to 



1775 116 



whaling fleet, 1 840 to 1880 .... 17 1 , 172 



Barrington River, Rhode Island, oysters in 510,5;i6 



Bartlett, I. H., & Sous, on whale fishery ....164,173,246 



Bartle.tt, W. H., on steam whale-boats 247 



Bass, crabs as bait for 635 



Bath district, lobster fishery in 7(51-763 



Bath, Me., lobster fishery at 707 



soft clams iu district of 584 



whaling fleet of 171 



Bath, N. Y., hard clams at 607 



Bauldry, Capt., escape of 21 



Bay of Fuudy , oysters in 509 



soft clams in 584 



K;iv of Islands, New Zealand 25 



Bay of Panama, humpback whales iu 22 



Bay of Valle de Banderas, Mexico 23 



Bay Shore, N. Y., blue crab fishery at 636 



Bay ville, N. Y., hard clams at 605 



soft clams at 591 



Beach clam 608 



Beale, Tho"ias, on sperm whales 8,63 



Beam trawl for capture of lobsters 678 



Bearded seal 474 



flesh of 478 



Bear Island, bottle-nose whales at 204 



II' -:iu fort, N. C., blue crab fishery at 643 



shrimp at 802 



stone crabs at 650 



terrapin fishery at 501 



turtle fishery at 495 



whaling at 40,48 



Beche-de-mer 815 



l.i-.lfast district lobster fishery iu 755,759, 770-772 



I'.rlf.'ist, Mi-., soft clams at 584 



llVllo Island Straits, whaling in 217 



I'., ii'iout, Cal., oyster planting at 539 



Beluga, Eskimo fishery for 61 



hunting, methods of 61 



or white whale, distribution of 24 



Russian, fishery for 204 



Belvidere, whaling steamer 3 



Berardius whale at New Zealand 212 



Bering Island, Alaska 321,331 



Bering Sea, howhead whales in 18 



right whales in 17 



whale oil from 8 



whaling iu 3,205 



Bering Strait, history of whaling north of 73 



loss of whalers north of 88 



whaling iu 21 



Bering's voyage to Alaska 321 



Bermuda Islands, whaler's supply station 25 



whaling at 63 



Beverly, Mass., lobster fishery at 774 



whaling fleet of . 171,172 



voyages from 178-192 



Bidarkies, covered with sea-lion nkins 471 



