524 



ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 



Page. 



L. 



I^atlyfish 69 



Laidlaw, Georj^e 144, 278 



Lanraan, Capt. Zephaniah P 82 



Latbrop, A. F 46,83,115 



Latrobe, BeDJamin H. . .15, 16, 17, 1 8, 19, 102, 274, 281 



Liunce 70 



Lawes, J.B 258 



Lawler, Josepli 5 



Lawson, Hance 41, 90, 93, 104, 117, 180, 273, 458 



L.aurie, Andrew 144, 278 



■^^eeches, parasitic 104 



LegislatioD, protective 132 



Legisl.'itive interference 112 



Leidy, Prof. Joseph 102 



Leifchton, Andrew 278 



Length of menhaden 31 



Le Peley, M. Pleville 57 



Lepidosteus oaseus 106 



Leslie, Charles C 40,169 



Lesnexir.M 286 



Levy.M 217 



Lewis, Mr 208,218 



L^Hommedieu, Hon. Ezra 12, 78, 196, 197, 483 



Liphter boats 125 



Lilliugston, B 42, 75, 76, 1 07, 272, 437 



Lillingston, F 87, 107, 116, 179, 272, 435 



Limits of geographical range of menhaden 



iu 1877 35 



Limits, maximum of temper.ature 55 



Limits, minimum of temperature 53 



Line-tisherman, consumption of bait by 



m.ickerel l.oO 



Lipsris 69 



Literature, bibliography of, relating to 



menhaden 274 



Local names and usages 6 



Local or bottom fishes 69 



Locomotive powers of the young men- 

 haden 98 



Long Island, movement of schools on east- 

 ern end of 42, 507 



Long Island Sound region 42, 113 



Look, John 416 



Loi)hin8 piscatorius 69 



Lord, James 36,278 



Loriug, David F 47, 82, 93, 107, 115, 



148, 272, 407, 409 



Loring, Thomas 82,115,272,403 



Lotbrop, Alonzo F 272,412 



Louds Island Oil Works ., 164,165,175,183, 



185, 186, 187, 296, 368, 369, 370, 371, 372, 379 



Loveland, Mr 204 



Low, Maj. David W 150,151,277 



Lowrie, Charles 144, 278 



Lubricating, menhaden oil for 191 



Lui-e Brothers 43,85,86,120,167,175, 



183, 188, 272, 296, 297, 298, 418, 432, 433 



Luce, Edwin A 416 



Luce, Jason & Co 45, 83, 148, 179, 272, 416, 417 



Lugger-boats 275 



Lump-fish 69 



Lyman, Col. Theodore 68,129,276 



Lyon, Governor Caleb 200 



Page. 



M. 



Mackenzie, George 145,278 



Mackerel 70,65,64,32 



Mackerel bait, preparation of 147 



Mackerel fishery 2 



Mackerel, growth of 32 



Mackerel, swimming habits of 71 



Mackerel, winter sojourn of 56 



Maclean, -James R 144 



Maddocks. Luther 5, 50, 77, 112, 131, 132, 141, 



156, 164, 1G5, 177, 178, 181, 183, 134, 185, 186, 

 137, 138, 223, 227, 271, 277, 296, 297, 358, 360, 

 .361, 362. 365. 372, 379, 382, 384, 386, 396, 403 



Magaire, John 278 



Maiuo, abundance of menhaden on the 



coast of 7 J 



Maine Oil and Guano Association 15."<, 173 



Maine Association, men employed in fac- 

 tories of 137 



Maine Association, men employed in fish- 

 eries of 137 



Maine Association, capital employed by 



manufacturers in IBi 



Maine Association, average number of 

 barrels of fish taken by fleet belonging 



to 136 



Maine Association, average number of 

 gallons of oil produced by manufacturers 



of 186 



Maine Association, average number of 



steamers employed in fisheries of 136 



Maine Association, average number of tons 

 of crude guano produced by manufact- 

 urers of 135 



Maine Association, average number of 



vessels employed in fisheries of 135 



Maine, erection of factories in 164 



Maine, experience in nse of fertilizers .... 200 

 Maine farmers, success of, in feeding fish 



to sheep 259 



Maine, fisheries of . . 114 



Maine, Gulf of, menhaden 48, 50 



Maine, laws of 112,132 



Maine, manufacture of guano in 210,223 



Maine manufacturers, annual sale of bait 



by 151 



Maine, menhaden fishing in 126, 507 



Maine, conflict of fishei-men in 156 



Maine, the claims of, to the discovery of 



menhaden oil 161 



Mallotus villosus 70, 142 



Maltby,O.E 168 



Man and fisheries 110 



Manchester, Antony 166, 296 



Manchester, Betijamin 166 



Manchester, B. F 296 



Manchester, Isaac D 297 



Manchester, James 166, 175, 182, 188, 296 



Manning, Charles G- 90,273,465 



Manokin Oil Works 169, 296 



Manufacture of fertilizers, early attempt 



at 208 



Manufacture of fish manure 208 



Manufacture, processes employed in 170 



