XVI LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. 



THE SEA-OTTER FISHERY OF ALASKA. 



VoL Page. 



234. Aleuts sea-otter hunting south of Saanak Island; the bidarkies waiting for the otter to rise 



again II, 4'JO 



Dranioe by U. W. Elliott. 



THE TURTLE FISHERY. 



235. Diving for loggerlipad turtle; Morehead City, N. C II, 495 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. 



230. Oy«ter dicilging ste.-inier at work in Long Island Si)nnd II, 523, riS."* 



237. Chesaiiuakf I5ay oyster dredges II, 523 



From npec-imcna in XT. S. Kfttional Museum. 



23t). Oyster tongs and nippers II, 551 



239. Fig. 1. Inelosed dock for oyster vessels at Perth Aniboy, N. J II, ."J-IG 



Fig. 2. "The Creek" at Key port, N. J., with oyster boats, skills, and scows II, 54G 



Drawings b^- ErDe8t lufifrsalL 



240. A Lake's Bay shipping-house and " platform " for freshening oysters, Smith's Landing. Lake's 



Bay, New Jersey II, 540 



Drawing by Ernpst Ingersoll. 



241. Oyster-barges at foot of West Tenth street, North River, New York City II, 555 



Dr.iwiiig by Ernest loger.'ioll. 



242. Opening or shucking oysters in B:iUiinoro packing house H, 51)0 



From a pbotograpli. 



243. Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diversf patterns, used in New England, 



New York, and the Chesapeake region II, 559 



THE CLAM INDUSTRY. 



214. Clam diggers' boats ami shucking-houses at Essex, Mass II, 585 



FroTH i)hi>togrii|)b by T. W. Sraillie. ' 



245. Opening or shucking clams at Ksse.x, Mass II, 585 



From photograph by T. W. Siuillie. 



THE CRAB FISllEKY. 



246. Negroes trawling for crabs on the Virginia and North Carolina coasts II, C33 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



247. Dory fishermen hauling lobster pots off Cape Ann, Massacliusctts II, 666,677. 



773 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



248. Lobster fishing-boats of Bristol, Me II, 069,677, 



759 

 Driwini; by H W. Slliott aud Capt. -J. W. Colliua. 



249. Lobster Cove at Lanesville, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, showing flsliermon's boat-houses and gear. II, 600, 773 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



250. Summer vill.igeof lobster fishermen at No Man's Land, Massaclinsotts II, 78! 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1882. 



251. Lobster lishermeu's gear at No Man's Land, Massachussetts. (Explanation on plali) II, 005,672, 



781 

 Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



252. Lobster-boiling apparatus at Portland, Me 11, 684 



From photograph by T. W. Smillio. 



THE FLORIDA SPONGE INDUSTRY. 



253. Sponges as landed by the tishernien al Key Wist, Fla., and ready fur sale II, 826 



From H pli'itngmph. 



2.')4. Sponge-loft at Key West, Fla 11, 828 



From a photogr.ipb. 

 255. Sorting, trimming, and baling sponges at Key West, Fla II, 826 



