454 INDEX 



Halifax Commission, award of to Great Britain, 265, 266; members 

 of, 328, 329; award of, 329, 330. 



Hay-Bond Treaty, provisions of, 335. 



"Headland doctrine," 323, 324; effect of Hague Award on, 417-428. 



Herring, 199-215; range of, 18; species of, 198; where caught, 198- 

 200; spawning season of, 199, 200; frozen industry, 201-203; 

 smoked and pickled industry, 207-210; preparation of for sar- 

 dines, 249-252; hard and bloater, 253; smoking of, 253-255; 

 bloater, preparation of, 255, 256; freezing of, 257. 



" Hovering act," 322, 323. 



Ice, use of in preserving fish, 256, 257. 



Indians, destruction of by Europeans, 30; aroused against English 



by French, 72, 74, 83, 84. 

 Inshore fisheries, methods of, 247-259. 



Jefferson, Thomas, report of on the fisheries, 135, 136. 

 "Jigger," description of, 315, 316. 



Ketch, description and development of, 309, 310. 



Laconia Company, settlements by, 50. 



Lamoine, fisheries of, 180. 



Lobsters, 230-240; range of, 18, 230; enemies of, 230; propagation 

 of, 231; history of as food-fish, 231, 232; canning of, 232, 233; 

 fishery of Maine, 234, 235; industry, 235-239; diminution of 

 supply of, 236; climax of fishery of, 237; artificial propagation 

 of, 239, 240; comparative statistics of, 239; method of catching, 

 258. 



Louisburg, stronghold of, 89; expedition, 91-93; second capture of, 

 95. 



Lubec, smoked herring trade of, 178, 208. 



Mackerel, range of, 18; period of plenty, 190, 191; habits of appear- 

 ance, 261, 262; quantity of in sea, 262; method of taking, 295- 

 298; salting, process of, 298, 299; schooner, life of crew of, 294, 

 295, 299, 300. 



Mackerel fishery, southern spring, 142, 143, 266-272; of recent 

 years, 260-275; in Canadian waters, 265, 266; motor power, 

 effect of introduction of on, 274, 275; fresh, 265, 272; attempt 

 to enlarge field of, 273, 274; expenses of, 300. 



Maine, early settlements in, 51; fisheries of, 144-146, 177, 183, 184; 

 sardine canneries of, 212-214; canning industry of, summaries, 

 215; shad fishery of, 218; lobster fishery of, 234, 235, 237. 



Massachusetts, fisheries of, 146-150, 184, 194, 195; oyster industry 

 of, 241. 



McFarland, Capt. J. W., the owner of the Victor, 319. 



Magdalen Islands, herring fishery of, 207, 208. 



Marblehead, importance as fishing port, 84, 85; services in the 

 Revolution, 123, 124; fisheries of, 141, 142, 185, 186. 



Menhaden, 223-229; range and abundance of, 223; movements of, 

 223; commercial importance, 224; oil industry, 179, 224-228; 

 investigation of fishery of, 228, 229. 



