452 INDEX 



pickle cure of, 304; curing, cost of and shrinkage in, 305, 306; 

 by-products of, 307. 



Fisheries, importance of in colonial and national history, 19; previous 

 to settlement of Plymouth, 20, 21; encouraged by fast days, 22; 

 Newfoundland, early English attempt at monopoly of, 26; New- 

 foundland, prosperity of in 1600, 28; the struggle for existence, 

 38-56; as an inducement to the Pilgrims, 38; at Plymouth, fail- 

 ure of, 39; in New England before 1635, 57; years of growth 

 and expansion, 57-77; early regulation of, 59; encouraged by 

 legislation, 59, 61; effect of on Colonies, 65; culmination in ex- 

 tent and value, 78; part in struggle between French and English, 

 78; the survival of the fittest, 78-101; renaissance of, 129-159; 

 slow recovery of after the Revolution, 130-134, 145, 146; Jeffer- 

 son's report on, 135, 136; acts for relief of, 136-138; expansion 

 of, 143, 144; a half century of growth, 160-175; growth along 

 the coast, 176-197; inshore, 198-259; offshore, account of in 

 1876, 279-281; importance of in national history, 286; decadence 

 of deep-sea, 288-292; histories of, 338; principal source of statis- 

 tics and historical material of, 342, 343. 



Fisheries question, the, 321-337; beginning of, 159; definition of, 

 321; history of, 321-337; attitude of Canada on, 335; temporary 

 arrangement concerning, 334, 335; three-sided nature of, 335- 

 337; real nature of, 337; literature of, 343, 344; effect of Hague 

 Award on, 373-449. 



Fishermen, New England, early English, habits of, 30, 31; early 

 Maine, morals of, 67, 68; customs of, 68; of New England, ani- 

 mosity toward French, 72; energy of, 76, 77; New England at 

 Louisburg, 93; part in the Revolution, 121, 122; conditions of 

 life in 1800, 150-152; New England, part in national affairs, 

 1814-66, 160; income of, 174, 175; dangers of calling, 280, 281; 

 life of, 298, 299. 



Fishing, expansion of, 61, 62; importance of in settlement of Maine, 

 144; rights, basis of, 321, 322. 



Fishing craft, slow improvement in, 308; first kinds used, 308, 309. 



Fishing grounds, definition of, 1 ; most famous, 5 ; Cape Race to 

 Montauk Point, 5; first American, 6. 



Fishing grounds of the North Atlantic, 1-18: 



Banks: Artimon, 14; Bradelle, 7; Brown's, 13; Canso, 14; George's, 

 13; Doubtful, 14; Fippenies, 12; Five Fathoms, 18; German, 12; 

 Grand Manan, 12; Green, 14; Le Have, 14; Marblehead, 12; 

 Misane, 14; Miscou Flat, 7; of Gulf of Maine, 12; of Nova 

 Scotia, 13, 14; of St. Pierre, 14; Orphan, 7; Owl, 14; Phelps, 

 11; Platt's (or New Ledge), 12; Roseway, 14; Sable Island, 

 14; Stillwagen's (or Middle), 10; Tillie's, 12. 



Grounds: Absecum, 18; Blue Clay, 10; Boone Island, 10; Bumpo 

 Inner and Outer , 10; Cape North, 6; Cape Porpoise Peaks, 10; 

 Dillberry, 17; East of Barnegat Light, 18; Egg Harbor, 18; 

 Flemish Cap, 5, 6; Gay Head, 11; Grumpy, the, 9; Gully, the, 

 14; Hatchell, 9; Kettle Bottom, 10; Matinicus Sou'sou'west, 9; 

 Middle, 14; Mud Hake, 8; Mutton Shoal, 11; Nantucket, 10; 

 North, 11; Nubble, the, 10; No Man's Land, 11 j of: Block 

 Island, 11; Iceland, 3; Labrador, 3, 4j Long Island Sound, 17; 



