HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN MENHADEN. 5 



I have derived much iuformation and have quoted freely. The first 

 was the report of Messrs. Boardmau and Atkins.* The most recent 

 contribution is that prepared by Mr. Luther MaddocliS, under the au- 

 spices of the Maine association, t This is a most interesting little essay, 

 especially valuable for the complete statistics of fisheries and manufac- 

 tures in Maine, and the account of the relations of the fisheries to the 

 fishermen, the shore population, and the property of the adjoining towns. 



The collections of tJie United States National Museum. 



11. The collections of the Fish Commission, deposited in the National 

 Museum, contain over one hundred bottles of menhaden in alcohol, 

 including probably over one thousand specimens, from many localities, 

 with photographs and casts. A list of these is given in Appendix E. 



There is also a model of the menhaden fishiug steamer " Leonard 

 Brightman" with seine-boats (No. 25824, Ethn. Cat.), made by Joseph 

 Lawler, of Bristol, Me. ; models of the Cape Ann seine-boat (No. 25800), 

 with fittings, and the Cape Ann seining-dory (No. 25827), from Higgins 

 and Gifibrd, of Gloucester; a full series of " fittings " for seine-boats, 

 manufactured by Wilcox and Crittenden, of Middletown, Conn., includ- 

 ing "cleats" (No. 25177), "steering rowlocks with stern-dockets" (Nos. 

 25113-'14), " oar-holders " of old and new models (Nos. 25171-'72), " davit- 

 iron " (No. 251(]G), "tow-iron" (No. 25167), and "tow link and hook" 

 (No. 25168); a pump box and haft for seine-boat (No. 29499) from 

 Andrew Kennedy, of Provincetown. The Pacific Guano Company is 

 represented by a large model of their works, the same which was ex- 

 hibited in their pavilion at the Exposition grounds in Philadelphia, and 

 there is a very satisfactory model of the oil factory of Joseph Church 

 & Co., at Bristol, Me. (No. 26899), made by Joseph Lawler. 



4. — Sources of error which have been shunned. 

 The difficulty of obtaining exact infovmation. 



12. It has been necessary to make allowances for many inaccuracies 

 of statement on the part of our correspondents. Some of them, having 



* The I Menhaden and Herring Fisheries | of Maine | as sources of fertilization. | 

 A Report made to the Maine Board of Agriculture | By Samuel L. Boardmau, Secretary 

 of the Board | and | Charles G. Atkins, formerly Fish Commissioner of Maine, | 8vo. 

 ISIS, pp. 67. 



Under direction of the Maine Board of Agriculture, Mr. Samuel L. Boardman, its 

 secretary, visited in 1874 and 1875 nearly all the manufacturing establishments in 

 Maine, thoroughly investigating their operations. The account of the agricultural 

 uses of fish is the most complete which has yet been published (pp. 34-G7). Mr. Charles 

 G. Atkins, formerly commissioner of fisheries for the State of Maine, and for several 

 years in charge of the salmon-hatching establishment at Bucksport, contributed a very 

 thorough study of the habits of the fish (pp. 1-33). 



tThe Menhaden fishery of Maine | with statistical and historical details | its | rela- 

 tions to Agriculture | and as a | direct source of human food | | New j^rocesses, 



products, and discoveries | | Published by the | Association of the Menhaden Oil 



and Guano Manufacturers of Maine | Press of B. Thurston & Company, Portland, 

 1878. 8vo. p. 46, 4 cuts. 



