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851 



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Delaware, statistics <>f Mne or;il>s ill (i-l~* 



horseshoe crabs in 657 



terrapin fishery in 503 



Delaware Hay. decrease in oysters in - . . 518 



natural o \stcr-hcds ill 511 



nystri- planting ill 528 



Delaware River, shell heaps cm .V.I9 



Dclphin:i[>1eriis lencas. Russian iishrry for 204 



Di'iiinark. shell heaps in 59'.l 



whale fishery of 71 



1 lentils, Mass., boat- whaling at 27 



Dennisport, Mass., sea-clams at 009 



Desolation Island, discovery of 412 



history of 418 



humpback whales at 23 



sealing voyage to 445-460 



whaling at 149,152-164 



I lev il-tish, or California gray whale 23 



Diego Ramire/ Islands, sealers on 427 



sealing at 404 



Disasters to sealing vessels 404, 427, 438, 455-460 



whaling vessels 151, 158, 175-192 



Discipline on whaling vessels 220 



Diving for turtles 495 



Dogfish oil as food 62 



liogs used iii terrapin hunting 500 



Dolphin, Russian fishery for 204 



Dorchester, Mass., whaling ileet of 171 



lionble-euder boat 671 



Doiightj , Charles, on crab fishery 638 



Douglass, Dr., History of North America by 94 



Dory, fishing 672 



Drag-nets, turtle fishing with 495 



Drag-rakes, oyster 523 



Dredge, clam 598 



kettle-bail 571 



oyster 523,537 



scallop 571 



Dredging, oyster, in Chesapeake Bay 549 



scallop 570 



Dried halibut 03 



shrimp in California 808 



preparation of 805 



Drift whales, regulations concerning 33 



Drug for capture of whales 49 



Dudley, Paul, on whale fishery (15 



Duff, whalemen's food called 228 



Dunbar's Sons. G. W 806 



Dundee, Scotland, whaling fleet of 198-200 



Dunham, Capt. J. T., injured by whale 274 



Dunkirk, France, whale fishery from 00, i;-. ]''''< 



Dutch Island, Rhode Island, lobster fishery at 785 



Dutch whale fishery ::0. 193 



Duty on exports of whale-oil 37 



Dnxbiuv, Mass.. lobster fishery in . 778 



soft-clam fishery in 5S7 



whaling fleet of 171 



l>v ei's Creek, New Jersey, horseshoe -crabs at O5."i 



Dyer's Island, coast of Africa 410 



Eagle Island, Falkland group Ill 



Earll, R. E.. on boat whaling 41 



el am fishery 5.-I, :.H-.' 



crab fishery 044 



lobster fishermen .. 680 



Paga 



Kuril, 1>. K , on lobster fishery 059,707 



porpoise fishing 308 



quahaug fishery (J07 



seal fishery .177 



shrimp fishery ,-n-j 



shore whaling 48 



Earnings of lobster fishermen (j80 



oystenncn 552 



sealers 428 



whalemen 53, 58, 291-294 



Ear shell, abaloncs called 022 



Easthani, Mass., drift whales at 26 



East hauipt on, N. Y 33,36 



hard clams at 606 



scallop industry at 579 



whale fishery at 106 



Fast India Islands, sperm whales at 11 



East Marion, N. Y. , hard clams at 006 



lobster fishery at 790 



Eastport, Me., abundance of lobsters at 706 



lobster canning at 687 



cars at 672 



fishery at 702, 744, 746 



mussels at 017 



soft clams at 584 



East River, New York, natural oyster beds in.. ..511,516 



pri vate oyster beds in 534 



East River oysters sent to San Francisco 539 



East Setanket, N. Y. , hard clams at 005 



F.eh idiioceros set imauiis 658 



Ecuador, humpback whales at 22 



Edgartowu district, lobster fishery in 780 



statistics 784,785 



Edgartowu, Mass., census of whaling fleet 173 



drift whales at 29,30 



lobsters at 710 



soft clams at 589 



whaling fleet of 3, 86-94, in 



Edmonds, R. H., on oyster packing HOO 



o\ stering in Chesapeake Bay. 549 



Edwards, Vinal N., on lobster fishery 705, 782 



Electric- whaling apparatus 249 



Elephant seals at South Georgia Islands 412 



size of 435 



southern distribution of 403 



Elizabeth Islands, Mass., lobster fishery at. . .661, 705, 780 



Elliott, H. W., on Alaskan crabs 058 



mussels 619 



seal industry 319-393 



sea-lion hunt 319,407,474 



seals born in the ocean 394 



sea-otter fishery 319, 483, 491 



Embargo of 1757 103 



England, lobster laws iu 718 



whaling fleet of, 1830 to 1S68 198 



Fn hydra marina 483 



linsatella amerieana 013 



Fpialtns produetns 657 



F(|iiipment of whale boat 2 U> 



Erignatluis barbatus 474 



Fseallopc, name for scallop 505 



Escambia Bay, Florida, oysters in - r 12 



Eskimos, whaling by 22 



