V 



/nd' 



A HISTORY 



OF 



THE MENHADEN 



BY 



OUBATOB U. 8. NATIONAL MUSEUM; ASSISTANT, U.S. FISH COMMISSION; AUTHOR OF "THE GAMK FISHB8 0» 

 NOETH AJdEKICA ; " SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOB TO AMERICAN AQKICULTUBI8T 



WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE 



AGRICULTURAL USES OF FISH 



BY 



W. O. ATWATER 



PKOFKSSOR OF CHEMISTRY, WESLETAN UNIVERSITY; SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR TO AMERICAN AQRICULTUBIBT 



^vAND AN Introduction, Bringing the Subject Down to Date 



M 



^ 



THIRTY PLATES 



BIOLOGICAL 

 LABORATORY 



wooers HOLE. MASS. 

 W. H. 0. L 



NEW YORK 

 ORANGE JUDD COMPANY 



245 BROADWAY 

 1880 



