LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. XV ii 



Vol. Page. 



130. Channel herring weir near Eastport, Me. ; controls channel between islands I, 501 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



131. Section of ballasted weir near Eastport, Me. ; for rocky bottom I, 602 



From photograph by T. W. Sniillie. 



132. Fishing a herring weir at low tide, near Eastport, Me I, 503 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



133. General view of sardine cannery at Eastport, Me.... I, 508 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



134. View of sardine cannery at low tide, showing the employe's at work I, 508 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



135. Herring boat landing fish at a sardine cannery, Eastport, Me I, 509 



From photograph by T. \Y. Simllie. 



136. Sardine steamer for collecting herring and towing weir boats I, 510 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



137. Children at sardine cannery cutting off the heads and tails and cleaning small lin-nnn I'm <-au- 



ning I, 510 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



138. Washing, draining, and flaking herring at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me I, 512 



From photograph by T. "W. Smillie. 



139. Spreading herring on flakes for dry ing iu the sun or in an oven I, 511 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



140. Herring drying on flakes in the sun ; landing, cleaning, washing, &c., at sardine cannery, East- 



port, Me I, 513 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



Ml. Fish-drying frames on roof at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me I, 512 



From photograph by T. W. Sniillie. 



142. Frying room in sardine cauuery, Eastport, Me. ; herring frying in pans of oil I, 514 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



143. Packing room at sardine caunriv, Eastport, Me. ; packing herring-sardines in tin boxes I, 515 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



144. Soldering room at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me. ; solderers sealing the cans I, 516 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



145. Bathing room at sardine cannery, Eastport, Me. ; bathing vats at the left ; men at right venting 



cans I, 517 



From photograph by T. W. Smillin. 



14fi. Making sardine cans at Eastport, Me I, 518 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE SPANISH MACKEREL FISHERY. 



147. Methods of setting Spanish mackerel gill-nets I, 646 



FiG.l. " Straight set." 

 FIG. 2. Circle set. 

 FIG. 3. Crooked set. 

 FIG. 4. "Hook set." 

 FIG. 5. "Tset." 

 FIG. 6. " Square set." 

 FIG. 7. " Triangle set." 

 FIG. 8. " Harpoon set." 



From Report TJ. S. Fish Commission, Part VIII, 1880. 



148. Chesapeake Bay Spanish mackerel pound-net I, 548 



From Report TJ. S. Fish Commission, Part VIII, 1880. 



THE MULLET FISHERY. 



149. Camp of mullet fishermen, North Carolina I, 562 



From a photograph. 



THE POUND-NET FISHERIES OF THE ATLANTIC STATES. 



150. Diagram of pound-net at Bald Head, Maine. (By Capt. J. W. Collins) I, 598 



151. Diagram of pound-net at Small Point, Maine. (By Capt. J. W. Collins) I, 598 



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