ANALYSIS. 



Title. ^"g"- 

 I. The Otster-Industrt — Desckiptive axd Statistical Reports. 



A. The Maritime Provinces of Canada 3 



1. Geographical jjosition and character of the oyster-beds 3 



2. Marnier of procuring the oysters "^ 



3. Future of the oyster-beds and oyster-trade 8 



B. Gulf of Maine ^^ 



4. Former extent and condition of the native beds in the gulf of Maine — evidence of Indian shell-heaps 11 



5. The time and causes of the extinction of the oyster in the gulf of Maine 16 



6. History of the natural oyster-beds in the gulf of Maine since the settlement of the coast by Europeans 19 



7. Oyster-culture in the gulf of Maine 21 



8. History and present condition of the oyster-trade at Wellfleet and vicinity 23 



9. History and present condition of the oyster-trade of Boston 27 



10. The oyster-trade of Salem, Massachusetts, and vicinity 31 



11. The oyster-business of Newbury port - •''^ 



12. The oyster-business of tbc New Hamjjshire coast 32 



13. The oyster-business of Portland, Maine - 34 



14. The natural beds of Sheepscot Bridge, Maine 35 



C. The South Coast of Massachusetts 36 



15. Oyster-culture iu Buzzard's bay and Vineyard sound 36 



It). The oyster-laws of Massachusetts ^3 



D. Taunton River and Cole's River, Massachusetts 44 



17. Oyster-culture and oyster-trade on Massachusetts affluents of Narraganset bay 44 



E. Coasts of Rhode Island 46 



18. Legal regulations of Rhode Island oyster-fishery 46 



19. The planting-grounds of Narraganset bay 51 



20. Southern oysters : transplanting and trade ^3 



21. Native and seed oysters ^4 



22. Enemies of the oyster in Narraganset bay 5" 



23. Statistics of the oyster-trade of Rhode Island ^ 



F. Eastern Coast of Connecticut 58 



24. Oyster-industries east of New Haven "^^ 



25. Early oyster-trade at New Haven "' 



26. Origin and development of the southern trade ^1 



27. Native oysters and oyster-planting iu the vicinity of New Haven 63 



28. Present condition of oyster-culture iu the vicinity of New Haven 66 



29. Laws of Connecticut relating to oysters. ^' 



30. Limitations of oyster-culture iu the New Haven region ''^ 



31. Oyster-culture at Milford "8 



32. Methods of catch and disposal "^ 



G. The Housatoxic and Saugatuck Regions 85 



33. Oyster-fisheries of Bridgeport and Westport 85 



H. The East Riatjr and Peconic Bay 88 



34. Oyster-interests from Hell Gate to Port Jefferson, New York, and Norwalk, Connecticut 88 



35. Peconic bay, or Easteru Long Island ^ 



I. The South Shore of Long Island - 98 



36. The Great South bay district 98 



37. The Rockaway district 108 



J. Nf-W York Bay (excluding the city of New York) 1'" 



38. History of oyster-iudustries of New York bay 1 1^ 



39. Oyater-industriesofNew York bay; 1879-'80 114 



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