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Oakes, Capt. Elisha 14 



Observation, powers of 56 



Ocean Belle, schooner, speed of 140 



Ocean Nymph, schooner, loss of 114 



Octant, carried on vessels 102 



Odd Fellows, fishermen belong to 127 



Officers of vessels 97 



Ohio, statistics of fishermen of 5 



Oil, cod-liver 165, 167, 168 



dogfish 43 



whale 48 



Oiled clothing - --- 86 



Oil-sleeves 87 



Onward, schooner, improvising sails on 144 



Oppression of sailors 76 



Oregon, Chinese in 6,41 



Frenchmen in_. 35 



Indians in 43 



Italians in 31 



Portuguese in 34 



statistics of fishermen of 5 



Osborne, Henry L 58,72, 74,89,97 



Ownership of vessels 95 



Oyster dredges of Maryland 23 



fishermen of the Chesapeake 54,72 



Gulf of Mexico 54 



Oystermen 26 



of Chesapeake Bay 8 



Long Island 22 



Maryland.. .. 23 



New Orleans 27 



moral character of 72 



Oyster shuckers of Maryland 24 



tongers 8,23 



tonging licenses 8 



Paranzelle fishing in California 30 



Passamaquoddy Indians 14 



Pastimes on shipboard 74,76 



Patriotism of fishermen 55,79,80 



Pay, drawing 73 



Pennington, Captain, drawing of ice-scene by 116 



Pennsylvania, statistics of fishermen of 5 



Perchfishery 35 



Peter Gott, the Cape Ann fisherman 65 



Physical traits 53 



Pinkies, boats called 68 



Plaice, abundance of 163 



Pymouth colony, schools and churches of- - 481 



Pogies, boats called 68 



Polish fishermen on Great Lakes • 45 



Politeness among fishermen . 13 



Pollock fishery 164,165 



Porpoise fishing by Indians 14 



Port Hood, disaster at 115 



Portland, boat fishermen of 11 



Port Madison, Washington Territory 35 



Portuguese at New Orleans 27 



colonies in New England 21 



customs of 32 



fishermen 6, 54 



of New England 21 



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Portuguese in salmon fisheries of the Columbia 34 



on Pacific coast 30, 36 



whalemen 7,21, 33, 42 



Prawn, capture of, by Chinese 39 



Precautions against loss of life 123, 126 



Prince Edward Island, dangerous fishing at 107, 115 



fishermen of 14 



Princess, schooner, fire on 118 



Privateers manned by fishermen 79 



Procter, George H. , on fishermen 15,59 



Products of fisheries, total value of 5 



Profane language 8, 70 



Professional fishermen, number of 5 



Profits, division of 31,94 



financial 26,155 



of Great Lakes' fishermen 46 



Provincetown, fisheries near 150 



literary societies at 49 



negro whalemen at - 22 



old fishermen at - 94 



Portuguese at 21 



Provincials at 6 



Provision for bereaved families 126 



Publ ic libraries 49 



services of fishermen 79 



Pubinco, fishermen from .. 14,49 



Puget Sound, fishermen of 6 



Purse-nets for capture of shrimp 39 



Purse-seines, adoption of 7 



Quadrant carried on vessels 102 



Quartermaster's Harbor, Chinese at 41 



Rattler, schooner, capsized 111 



ice-blocked 116 



Reading by fishermen 8, 13 



Reforms needed on vessels 99 



Refrigerators, manufacturers of 5 



Relief associations 127,128,129 



Religion among fishermen —8, 26, 28, 30, 36, 49, 69, 75, 149 



Portuguese 32 



Repairs to disabled vessels 142 



Reynolds, Dr. Joseph, on fishermen 65 



Rheumatism among fishermen 9, 27, 91 



Rhode Island, statistics of fishermen of 5 



Rich, Hiram, on dialect 65 



Riding-sail 140 



Rigging, repairing damages to 142, 143 



Roads, Samuel, on Skipper Ireson 84 



Rockfish, fishery for 34 



Roman, bark, loss of 117 



Rudder, repairing 142, 144 



Rum on fishing vessels 8 



Running under, danger of vessels 110 



Russians on Great Lakes 45 



Sabbath, observance of 8,69,154 



Sabine on discipline of fishermen 100 



public services of fishermen 53,79 



Sable Island Shoals 112 



Sacramento River, Indians at 44 



Sailor fishermen 7 



of New England 8,48 



Sails earned away 110 



