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Mackerel lauded by the New England fleet, in sea-packed barrels, 

 at all ports, was as follows: 



Time. 



XJ J) to August 1 



Week cndini; AuKiist 7 



AVcoU ending August 14 



AVoi'k ending Auijust 21 



AV'eck endiug August 28 



'rhii.'o drtys ending August 3 



Total to September 1. . 



1885. 



116,836 

 40, 150 

 IH, ,363 

 18,584 

 19, 006 

 10,153 



223, 152 



1886. 



19,112 

 1,849 



10,381 

 1,118 

 2, 031 

 2, 812 



37, 303 



Whaling fleet of Provmcetown, Mass., August 13, 1886. 



Xame. 



Schooner William A. Grozier* 



Brig David A. Smallt 



Schooner Quickstep t 



Schooner Ellen Kizpah t 



Schooner Alary G. Curreu t ... 



Schooner IJising Sun t 



Schooner Agate t 



Schooner Antarctic t 



.Schooner Baltic t 



Schooner Bloomer t 



Schooner Alcyone I 



Schooner Gage H. Phillips t. . 

 Ste.amer Angelia B. Nicker.son 



Total 



Location of 'whaling grounds. 



Atlantic Oce.an. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Off Now England coast. 



* Arrived on August 9. t Now on voyage. J Arrived June 14 ; now on second voyage, 



Gloucester, Mass., August 31, 188G. 



»8.-IlA^VAIIAIV FISIIirVCi IMPB..EMEIVTS AND METHODS OF FISHIIVG. 



By Mrs. EITIITIA ITfETCAI^F BECKI.EY, 



Curator of the Hawaiian National Museum. 



[Abstract.] 



The Ilawaiiaiis have five methods of fishing: by spearing, hand-catch- 

 ing, baskets, hook-aiid-line, and with nets. 



The spearing of fish is of two kinds, below and above water. That 

 below water is the most important, and is generally employed for 

 the different kind of rock fish. The si)ear used by the diver is a slen- 

 der stick of from G to 7 feet in length, made of very hard wood, and 

 sharply pointed at one end, bnt more tapering at the other. Since the 

 possession of iron, spears are always tipped with it, but perfectly smooth, 

 without hook or barb. Diving to a well-known station by a large coral 

 rock or against the steei) face of the reefs, the diver places himself in a 

 half crondiing position on his left foot, with his right foot free and ex- 

 tended behind, his left hand holding on to the rock to steady himself, 



