8 U. S. BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



1892. Collins, J. W. 



[The fisheries of California.] In Report on the fisheries of the Pacific coast 

 of the United States. Report of Commissioner, U. S. Commission of Fish 

 and Fisheries, for 1888 (1892), pp. 21-175. Washington. 

 Tanner, Z. L. 

 [Coast of southern California.] In Report upon the investigations of the 

 U. S. Fish Commission steamer Albatross for the year ending June 30, 1889. 

 Ibid., pp. 423-444. 

 Alexander, A. B. 



[Coast of southern California.] Ibid., pp. 450-471. 



1895. Jordan, David Starr. 



The fishes of Sinaloa. Proceedings, California Academy of Sciences, 2d 

 series. Vol. V, 1895 (1896), pp. 377-514, Pis. XXVI-LV. San Francisco. 

 A taxonomic paper giving a list of the fishes from that region, scientific 

 names, and for a few species the local names. 

 Wilcox, William A. 

 [California fisheries.] In The fisheries of the Pacific coast. Report of Com- 

 missioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, for 1893 (1895), pp. 143- 

 212. Washington. 



1900. Beddard, F. E. 



A book of whales. Pp. 169, 170, 287. J. Murray, London; G. P. Putnam's 

 Sons, New York. 



1902 Wilcox, William A. 



[Fisheries of California.] In Notes on the fisheries of the Pacific coast in 

 1899. Report of Commissioner, U. S. Commission of Fish and Fisheries, for 

 1901 (1902), pp. 549-574. Washington. 



1907. Smythe, Wm. Ellsworth. 



History of San Diego, 1542-1907 * * *. The History Co., San Diego. 



Full of information regarding fishing, sealing, otter hunting, whaling, 



etc., and contains a list of publications. 

 Wilcox, William A. 



[F'isheries of California.] In The commercial fisheries of the Pacific Coast 

 States in 1904. Report, U. S. Commissioner of Fisheries for 1905 (1907), 

 and special papers. Bureau of Fisheries Document No. 612, pp. 1-29, 

 50-74. Washington. 



1908. KuNZ, George Frederick, and Charles Hugh Stevenson. 



The book of the pearl. The Century Co., New York. 



The pearl fisheries of Mexico are discussed on pp. 241-252, including a 



history of the fishery, map of pearling territory, methods of fishing, etc. 

 North, Arthur Walbridge. 

 The mother of California; being an historical sketch * * * of Baja 

 CaUfomia, from the days of Cortez to the present time. Paul Elder & Co., 

 San Francisco. 



Contains data regarding grants, concessions, etc., together with much 



general information and an extensive bibliography. 



1910. Brown, Charles Melville. 



Pearl fisheries of the Americas. Bulletin, International Bureau of American 



Republics for Mav, 1910, vol. 30, No. 5, pp. 749-780. Washington. 

 Contains considerable descriptive matter of the methods of the fisheries 

 practiced in the Gulf of California and comparisons with other regions. 

 The most complete description of the fishery known to the bureau. 

 Department of Commerce and Labor. 



Pearl fisheries of Mexico. Monthly Consular and Trade Reports, June, 



1910, No. 357, pp. 148-149. Washin^on. 

 Contains an account of the extensive pearl-fishing industry in the Gulf 

 of California and concessions granted. It says, in part: "The present 

 output is about 300 tons of mother-of-pearl shells and $100,000 worth of 

 fine pearls annually. The approximate price for the shells in the Euro- 

 pean market is at present |150 gold per ton." 

 Enciclopedia Universal Illustrada, Europeo-Americana. 



Pesca de perlas. In Baja California, Tomo X, pp. 776-777. Jose Espasa e 



hijos, Barcelona. 



1911. Dana, Richard Henry, Jr. 



Two years before the mast, a personal narrative. Pp. 168, 206, 300, and 

 others. Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston and New York. [Latest edition of 

 book originally published in the early forties.] 



Describes experiences happening in the thirties. Speaks of sealing, 



otter hunting and trading, whales, fishing, etc. 



