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Monp'^nset River, Halifax, shad, 

 herring and alewives ; fishwaj's, 326, 347 



Monument River and Herring Pond, 

 herring 321 



Mount Hope Bay, Fall River, Som- 

 erset and Swansea, shell-fisheries, 334 



Mushquashuit Creelj, Scituate and 

 Cohasset, eels 343 



Muskeeket Island, eels . . . 202 



Muskeeket Island, seining regulated, 245, 



263, 283, 322 



Mystic Pond, alewives ... 30 



Mystic Pond, Woburn, alewives and 

 shad 148 



Mystic Pond and River, Winchester, 

 alewives and shad . . 290, 296, 308 



Mystic River, to be restocked with 

 tish 308, 310 



Mystic River, Cambridge, Charles- 

 town and Medford, alewives and 

 shad . 29, 60, 104, 136, 147, 173 



Mystic River, Ell Pond, Maiden, 

 alewives and shad . . .84, 110 



Mystic River, xMedford, alewives and 

 shad . . . 104, 207, 308, 351 



Mystic River, Medford, West Cam- 

 bridge and Winchester, fish not to 

 be taken within fifty rods of a fish- 

 way 300 



Mystic River, Somerville, alewives 

 and shad 308 



Mystic River, West Cambridge, ale- 

 wives and shad . . 135, 180, 308 



Mystic River, Woburn, alewives and 

 shad 147 



N. 



Nantucket, great ponds, seining pro- 

 hibited 338 



Nantucket, ponds, creeks and har- 

 bors, town may regulate fisheries, 268 



Nantucket, Hummock Pond, seining 

 regulated 339 



Nantucket, Long Pond, seining pro- 

 hibited 219 



Nantucket, Lond Pond and Mad- 

 decket ditch and harbor . . 221 



Nantucket, Muskeeket Island, eels, 202 



Nantucket, Tuckernuck, Smith's, 

 Muskeeket and Gravel Islands, 

 seining regulated, . 24.5, 263, 283, 322 



Nantucket, shell-fish for bait . . 377 



Nantucket Fishing Company, incor- 

 porated 302 



NainMcoit Point, Orleans, fish-weir . 210 



Nashua River, fisheries regulated . 367 



Nashua River, size of mesh pre- 

 scribed .... 318, 348, 367 



Natick, alewives and shad . . 62 



Neponset River, Stoughton and Can- 

 ton, alewives, shad and other fish, 66, 78 



Neponset River, Dorchester and Mil- 

 ton, smelts and eels . . .181 



New Bedford, Acquesnet River, ale- 

 wives 43 



New Bedford, seining regulated in 

 harljor 244, 259 



New Bedford, lobsters, tautog, bass 

 and other fish .... 178, 374 



Newbury, Parker River, alewives, 

 bass and shad . 55, 125, 213, 283 



Newbury, Parker River, bass . . 65 



Paije 



Newmasket River, alewives and shad, 189, 

 201, 269, 301, 325, 337, 342, 369 



Newmasket, Middleborough and 

 Lakeville, alewives and shad . 292 



Newton, alewives and shad . .114 



Newton, Charles River, alewives and 

 other fish 130 



Nine Mile Pond Fishing Company, 

 Barnstable, incorporated, 269, 352, 357 



North Falmouth Fishing Company, 

 incorporated, Nye's Pond to Cau- 

 tomot Harbor 210 



North River, Pembroke, alewives, 37, 132, 



141, 219, 239, 357 



North River, Pembroke, Scituaie, 

 South Scituate and Marshfield . 256 



North River, mesh-nets . . . 250 



North River, in the county of Ply- 

 mouth, 132, 141, 219, 239, 328,339,341, 

 344, 357, 381, 383, 389 



North River, in the county of Ply- 

 mouth, eels 350 



Nye's Pond, Sandwich, trout . . 292 



Nye's Pond to Cautomot Harbor, 

 Falmouth, alewives . . . 210 



O. 



Old Stone Weir and Assawampset 

 Brook, Middleborough, alewives, 45, 153, 



171,201 



Orleans, may regulate fishery in 

 Pleasant bay 277 



Orleans, eel fishery . . . .69 



Orleans, fish-weir by Thomas El- 

 dridge and others .... 261 



Orleans, fish-weir by Eleazer Rogers, 

 Jr., and others .... 262 



Orleans Fish-wear Company, incor- 

 porated 210 



Orleans Fishing Company, Hester's 

 Pond to Pleasant Bay m Orleans, 

 alewives 208 



Orleans, Rock Harbor Fishing Com- 

 pany, incorporated . . . .211 



Osterville Harbor, Barnstable, sein- 

 ing prohibited .... 249, 385 



Oyster Island Harbor, Barnstable, 

 seining prohibited .... 218 



Oyster Pond, Edgartown, seining 

 regulated 277 



Oyster Pond River Company, Fal- 

 mouth, alewives .... 267 



Oysters, fishery regulated, 348, 375, 376, 



3ob, 391 



Oysters and other shell-fish, Harwich i84 



Oysters, scallops and other shell-fish, 

 taking regulated .... 387 



Oysters, Barlow River, Sandwich . 329 



P. 



Paine, Augustus, and Timothy Jar- 

 vis, may construct fish-weirs in 

 Brewster 260 



Palmer's River, Rehoboth, alewives 

 and shad .... 229, 252, 338 



Palmer's River, Rehoboth, wtirs pro- 

 hibited 212 



Palmer's River, Rehoboth and Swan- 

 zey, alewives and shad . 108, 104, 172 



Palmer's River, Swanzey, alewives 

 and shad 206, 338 



