INDKX. 



873 



Shrimp fishery in New England 800 



Ne Jersey 801 



Now York soi 



North Carolina 801 



methods of -n| 



Pacilic coast -i>7 



Gulf 807 



in Gulf of Mexico stio 



lake .-oil 



methods of capture 800 



selling 804 



preparation of dried 805 



price of 801 



river 806 



sea son for 801 



seines 803,807 



shells, ex ports of 808 



species of 799 



taken in skim-nets 803 



Siegafrit7.,Prof. Anton, on clam bakes 601 



Signals, code for whalemen 257 



Sipiiican, Mass., whaling-fleet of 171, 172 



Skim-nets, shrimp 802 



sioops, oyster 535 



Smacks, fishing 672 



lobster 669,6,-:;, H- 1 



statistics of 749, 751, 755,758,761,763, 



767, 761), 771, 775, 780, 787, 7,89, 792 



summary statistics for 770 



total in Connecticut 789 



Massachusetts , 784 



New York 792 



United States 793 



Small Point, Maine, lobster fishery at 761,765 



Smoked clams at Puget Sound 599 



salmon 688 



Society Islands, sperm whales near 12 



Soft clams, fishery for 5115,581-594 



Soft-shell crabs 619 



Soleii maxim us 614 



Solomon Islands, sperm whales near 11 



Somerset, Mass., whaling fleet of 171 



Soh MI Sea, sperm whales in 11 



Southampton Island, Hudson Hay 18 



Southampton, N. Y :!:!, 36, 1116,6116 



South Atlantic, whaling grounds in 16 



in I.V.I 



South Carolina, crab fishery of 64:',, ill-, 65H 



natural oyster beds in 511 



oyster-industry statistics 5r. 1, 565 



shrimp and prawn industry in.. 803,810 



turtle fishery in 496,499 



whaling in 49 



South Freeporr, Me., lobster cannery at, 765 



South Georgia Island, fur-sealing at 401,412,441-460 



South Harpswell, Me., lobster fishery at 701,764 



Southhold, N. Y 579,6116,791) 



South Nor walk. Conn., lobster fishery at 71 1,787 



oyster planting at 531 



South Oyster Bay, New Y.uk, hard clams at 6117 



South Pacilic whaling grounds 10 



Southport, Me., lobster fishery at, 761 



South Sea whalebone 5 



South Shetland Islands, description of H'5 



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South Shetland, discovery of .111.", 



.-'a I ing at 155, .1(1.', 405, 106 



voyages to II-, i:,-\ 1511, 4611 



South Thomaston, Me., lobster fishery at 759 



Son th \M-II, Thomas, on bot I le nose \\ hales -Jill 



Soi i th wick, .1. M. K., on lobsters 710 



Spade, boat, use of -Ji;| 



Spain, sperm whales off coast of 9 



Spears, llonndcr r>7.~, 



sealing :i;i.-, 



Spermaceti from whale oil 4 



method of obtaining 279 



uses of 5 



whales at Bermuda Islands 6-1 



Sperm candles, exports of, in 177(1 111! 



Sperm from whale's head 32 



oil, exports of ir,r, 



from New /.aland 21:! 



borne consumption of, I860 to 1884 166 



imports into 1'nited Kingdom 154 



price ol'eaeh month, 18C8 to 1880 1U7, ITU 



i|uanlity taken by each \essel 175-192 



Irom 1804 to 1880 72 



receipts of, I860 to 18-4 166, 168, 170 



results of refining 4 



si a I istics of 4 



n lire filled 4 



uses of 5 



Sperm-whale fishery at Bermudas i; I 



British 66, 67 



development of G3 



French 66 



from Cape Cod 28 



history of 37 



in Indian Ocean 70 



length of voyages in 71 



oft' Japan coast 69 



origin of 63 



Pacilie. beginning of 197 



products of 72 



review of 70, 146-164 



statistics of 65,72 



voyages in 1.-70 to 1880 175-192 



Indian name " Kutske" . 62 



grounds 8, 12 



teeth of :!2 



Sperm -whales at New Zealand '.'11 



dimensions of _'(;_' 



first one taken at X.intuckcl :;_' 



killed in Pacific by an American 140 



food of 5 



geographical distribution of 8 



habits of 73 



in Indian < leean 12 



North Atlantic- 8 



North Pacitic 11 



H|H South Atlamie 9 



South Pacilic In 



movements when harpooned 263 



number taken, i-"l to 1.-:-" 7-.', 169 



off Cape Hoi ii 9 



on Par Hi'' coast 55 



proportion of head matter in 73 



sizeof 72 



