HISTORY OF THE MACKEREL FISHERY. 



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Page. 

 Purse-seine, dimensions of an average-size 



deep-water 57 



fishery 48,81 



history of the use 78, 80 



protest against the use 122 



successful use of, off Cape 



Ann, 1859 209 



successful use of, off Cape 



Ann. 1800 275 



Purse-seining, successful, on New Eng- 

 land shore, 1853 255 



Pursing up 01 



Quick trip, 1874 327 



Quick bay trips, 1861 278 



Quinan, Mr. Francis 317 



Pace, Point 327,328 



Ratcliff, Capt. William 78 



Reappearance on the Labrador coast after 



40 years' absence, 1871 316 



Receipts and prices, 1853 255 



Reciprocity treaty, effect of, on Nova 



Scotia, 1869 307 



Red Bay 3 



seed 17 



Re-enactment of prohibitory laws, 1702. . 120, 121 

 Refusal of mackerel to take the hook at 



all times 38-40,42-44 



Reinspection, pickled mackerel, Massa- 

 chusetts, 1850-1881 192 



Remon, James M 315 



Rental of Cape Cod fishery, 1677 218 



Repeal of prohibitory laws in Massachu- 

 setts, 1692 119-120 



Repealed, inspection laws, Maine 372-381 



Massachusetts 381-388 

 Pennsylv ania, 388-395 



Reproduction „ 21-26 



Review of fishery for 1853 256 



Rhode Island 90 



Rich, Mr. A. B 40 



Richmond's Island 79 



Rideing, Mr. William H 5 



Risor 80 



Rissoa 18 



Robinson, Captain Daniel 223 



Rockport, Mass., large fishing station, 1836 238, 229 



Ropes, Charles 158 



Rough weather in the bay, 1866 292 



Rowe, Capt. Joseph 22 



Rozier, Cape 274, 275 



Rustico 316 



Sable, Cape 40,230,250 



Island 83 



Salem 89 



Sales, 1867 298 



1881 353 



prices, &c, 1828 225 



Salmon Bay 3 



Salt mackerel 135, 136 



fishery of Gloucester, re- 

 ceipts for 1880 350, 351 



Salting the fish 98, 99, 219 



Sandy Hook 9,114,260,294 



Point 116 



Page. 



Sars, Professor 25, 35 



Dr. G. O 32 



Scarcity, 1828 225 



1836 228 



1837-1841 230 



1847 240 



1850 244 



1852 252 



1858 263 



1861 277 



1867 296,297 



off Cape Ann in late autumn, 



1850 245,246 



attributed to bluefish, 1868 304 



comparative, 1866 291, 292 



curious reason for, 1841 235 



in early summer, 1849 243 



and extreme high prices, 1853 .. 255 



on New England coast, 1834 227 



1873.... 325 



in Nova Scotia, 1843 238 



in St. Lawrence Bay, 1838 234 



1860 273,274 



1875 330 



early in 

 the sea- 

 son,1866. .. 290 



Gulf, 1838 232 



1860 277 



1868 302,303 



offshore, 1875 329 



reported in St. Lawrence Bay, 



1852 252 



reported in St. Lawrence Bay, 



1861 279 



unu sual, in St. Lawrence Bay, 



1866 290,291 



fall mackerel on New England 



shore, 1842 237 



small mackerel in Massachusetts 



Bay previous to 1830 224, 225 



School, large, 1872 321 



of Cape Ann, 1852 252 



of CapeCod, 1873 325 



in the eel grass, 1876 332 



Schooling mackerel, display of, 1865 288 



Schools in Gloucester Harbor, 1859 269,270 



1868 303 



Schooners stranded in the bay, 1857 202 



Scomber grex. . . '. 39 



Scudder, Fred., & Co 244 



Seaconnet, R. A 77, 89, 90 



Sea- fie as 32 



herring 6 



Season good for mackerel, 1864 284 



Sea-urchins 30 



Sea-worms 30 



Seine 56, 58 



cost of 103,104 



boat, and its fittings 52, 56 



boat s, price-list of 55 



Seiners, good catches by, 1869 306 



success of 321 



Swampscott, 1853 255 



