HISTORY OF THE AxMERICAN MENHADEN. 377 



55. The scrap is mostly sold here to farmers for dressing tlieir land. 

 5G. The oil is mostly used for currier purposes in dressing Teather. 

 57. The oil has sold at prices varying from 40 to 50 cents per gallon. 

 5S. We i)resume it does somewhat. 



3. Statement of R. A. Friend, Brooldin, Me. 



1. Pogy. 



2. Greatly in excess. 



3. Apparently as plenty as in past years. 



4. About 14,000 in 1873 ; 23,000 in 1874. 



5. It does not. 



G. Main body arrives from first to middle of June; usually three 

 runs. 



7. High ; ripple on water ; attract birds. 



8. By south channel. 



9. Eegular and certain. 



10. It does not. 



11. They go with the tide. 



12. In large bays. 



13. No special depth ; unknown. 



14. It does. 



16. Never. 



17. From the middle of September to the middle of October j by 

 degrees. » 



18. Following the coast. 



19. South. 



20. I should think vegetable nature. 



21. Mostly south of Cape Cod. 



31. Frequently have jiggers attached. 



32. To a great extent. 



33. Not here. 



34. Seines and mash-nets. 



35. Seines 8,000 meshes long, G50 deep ; gill-nets 3 to 5 fathoms deep, 

 20 fathoms long. 



36. Small schooners and steamers, with Inggers; from 5 to 100 tons. 



37. Seine, 12 men ; gill-nets, 3 to 5. 



38. Seines, all times of day ; nets, morning and evening. 



39. Most on ebb-tide. 



40. It seems to. 



41. Five; fifty-five. 



42. Manufactured for oil and scrap ; sent away to factories. 



43. Robert A. Friend, P. Kane, Harriman Point Company, Job T. 

 Wilson & Co. 



44. Averaged 14,000 gallons the past two years. 



