VI TABLE OF CONTENTS. • 



Page. 



VI. JiLASMOBR.VNCniATES 40 



28, Holocf] ili.ili (chim£Braa) 40 



29. Raise (skates and rays) 40 



39. Squall (sliarks) 41 



VII. Marsipobranchiates 43 



31. Hyperoartia (lampreys) 43 



INVERTEBRATES. 



I. MOLLUSKS 43 



1. Acepliala (bivalve sliell-fisli) 43 



MARI^TE PLANTS. 



I. Alg^ (sea-weeds) 49 



Section B.— FISHING-GROUNDS OF NORTH AMERICA. 



I. Models and maps of fishing-grounds 50 



II. Maps showing geographical distribution 50 



III. Series op water-color sketches, showing the breeding-grounds 



OF the fur-seal (Callirhinus ursinus) on the Prybiloff Islands, 

 Alaska. Sketched by Henry W. Elliott from nature, and ex- 

 hibited BY THE Alaska Commercial Company op San Frakcisco, 

 California 51 



Section C— MEANS OF PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. 

 a. Apparatus of direct application. 



I. Hand implements or tools 52 



*For striking. 



1. Clubs 52 



Unarmed clubs 52 



*^For cutiing, 



2. Knives , 52 



Straigbt knives 52 



3. Axes 55 



Axes iJioper 55, 235 



Cutting-spades , 55 



***For thrusting. 



4. Thrusting spears and prods , 55 



FisMng-lances 55 



Whaleman's boat-sjjades 56 



Prodding instruments 56 



II. Implements for seizure of object 56 



* Scooping instruments. 



5. Scoops or scrapers 56 



Shovels 56 



Haud-drcdges 57 



Pile-scrapers 57 



