viii CONTENTS 



VIII 



vi 



TEXAS AND OREGON 3 ' 



IX 

 YUCATAN 3 j 



X 



FRENCH INTERVENTION IN MEXICO 3 



XI 

 FROM 1866 TO 1896 407 



XII 

 GREAT BRITAIN AND VENEZUELA 4 



XIII 

 CONCLUSION 4 



V 



THE NORTHEAST COAST FISHERIES 

 INTRODUCTION . . 4 



I 

 THE INDUSTRY 4. 



II 

 THE EARLY ENGLISH AND FRENCH FISHERIES .... 4i>0 



in f 



THE EARLY AMERICAN FISHERIES 4- 



IV 



FROM THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION TO 1812. 4! 



