2 ANALYSIS. 



Titli-. P.1R0. 



I. This Oystbis-Industuy — Cortinued. 



K. Oyster-Tkade of New York City lyi 



40. Historical sketch of the oyster-trade of New York city ^ j.jj 



41. The oy.ster-trade of New York in lti80 j.2G 



L. Coast ok New Jersey _ l:i4 



4i. Oyster-industries of the New Jersey "bays " ];i4 



M. Delaware Bay 144 



43. New Jersey and Delaware shores of Delaware bay 144 



N. Oyster-Interests of Philadelphia 154 



44. The merchants and oyster-business of Philadelphia 154 



O. Maryland and Baltimore 1.56 



45. Oyster- fisheries of Maryland 150 



46. Packing and shipping trade of Maryland 165 



47. Statistical summary for Baltimore 170 



48. The oyster-laws of Maryland 17'i 



P. Coasts of Virginia 180 



49. Oyster-fisheries and oyster-packing 160 



Q. The Southern Atlantic Coast 188 



50. The oyster-prodncts of North Carolina 188 



51. Oyster-fisheries of South Carolina 190 



52. Oyster-fisheries of Georgia 190 



53. Oyster- interests of East Florida 192 



E. The Gulf of Mexico 193 



54. Oyster-interests of West Florida 193 



55. Oyster-industries of Alabama 195 



56. Oyster-industries of Mississippi and Louisiana 197 



57. Oyster-industry of Texas :i00 



S. The Pacific Coast 201 



58. Oyster-industries of California 201 



T. Utilization of Oyster-shells 205 



59. Shell-lime and other applications of oyster-shells i 205 



II. The Natural History of the Oyster. 



U. General Natur.\l History 209 



60. The growth and habits of the American oyster of the Atlantic coast 209 



V. Fatalities to which the O vstkr is subject 225 



61. Living enemies of the oyster 225 



62. Fatalities to which oysters are subject 237 



III. Glossary of Terms. 



W. An Oysterman's Dictionary 241 



63. Phrases and words descriptive of mollusks and other invertebrates of the Atlantic coast 241 



iV. General Summary. 



X. Statistical Tables 251 



64. Table showing, by states, the persons employed, capital invested, and value of products of the oyster- 



industry 251 



ILLUSTRATIONS. 



Plate. 



XXX.. Giant oyster, 14 inches long, from Damariseotta river, Maine , 



XXXI. Oyster tongs and nippers 



XXXII. Incloscil dock for oyster-vessels at Perth Amboy, New Jersey — "The Creek" at Keyport, New York, with oyster-boats, 

 skiiFs, and scows 



XXXIII. Oyster-barges at the foot of \V<!st Tenth street, North river, Now York city 



XXXIV. A Lake's bay shipping-honse and "platform" for freshening oysters, Smith's Landing, Lake's bay. New Jersey 



XXXV. Chesapeake oyster-dredges, with windlass 



XXXVI. Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. — Oyster-knives of divers patterns, used in New England, New York, and the 



Chesapeake region 



XXXVII. Development of the oyster, Figs. 1-16 



XXXVIII. Do. do. do. 17-32 



XXXIX. Do. do. do. 33-42 



XL. Do. do. do. 43-52 



XLL Do. do. do. 53-66 



XLIL Do. do. do. 67 



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