XXJi 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. 



23G. Oyster dredging steamer at work In Long Island Sound II, 523, 535 



237. Chesapeake Bay oyster dredges II, 523 



From specimens in U. S. National Museum. 



238. Oyster tongs and nippers II, 551 



239. FIG. 1. Inclosed dock for oyster vessels at Perth Atuboy, N. J II, 546 



FIG. 2. " The Creek" at Key port, N. J., with oyster boats, skill's, and scows II, 54(i 



Drawings by Ernest Ingersoll. 



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



Bay, New Jersey II, 546 



Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll. 



241. Oyster-barges 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, 5(>0 



From a photograph. 

 24:!. Baltimore oy>ti-r-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diverse, patterns, used in New England, 



New York, and the Chesapeake region II, C59 



THE CLAM INDUSTRY. 



244. Clam-diggers' boats and shuckini;-lioiis< s ;it Es>x, Mass.. II, O". 



From photograph by T. W. Smilliu. 



245. Opening or shucking clams at Ki^'x, Mass II, 585 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE CRAB FISHERY. 



240. Negroes trawling for crulis on i lie Virginia and North Carolina coasts II, G33 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



247. Dory fishermen hauling lobster pots off Cape Ann, Massachusetts II, 6GG, 677, 



773 



From photograph by T. W. Sraillie. 



248. Lobster fishing-boats of Bristol, Me II, G69.677, 



759 



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



2l'.l. Lobster Cove at Lam'.svillc, (_!:i|>c- Ann, Massachusetts, showing fishermen's boat-houses and gear. II, GtiG, 773 



From photograph by T. \Y. Smillie. 



2"iO. Summer village of lobsirr li-licnum at No Man's Land, Massachusetts II, 781 



Drawing by II. \V. Elliott, 1SS2. 



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 landed by the fishermen at Key Wrst, Fla., and ready for sale II, 826 



From a ph"togra])h. 



3:>4. Sponge-loft at Key West, Fla II, 828 



From a photograph. * 



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



