LIST OP PLATES TO SECTION V. 



THE SEA-OTTER FISHERY OF ALASKA. 



Vol. Page. 



234. Aleuts sea-otter hunting soutli of Saanak Island ; the bidarkies waiting for the otter to rise 



agaiu II, 490 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott 



THE TURTLE FISHERY. 



235. Diving for loggerhead turtle; Morehead City, N. C II, 495 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. 



23G. Oyster dredging steamer at work in Long Island Sunnd II, 523,535 



237. Chesapeake Bay oyster dredges II. 



From specimens In IT. S. National Museum. 



238. Oyster tongs and nippers II, 



239. FIG. 1. Inclosed dock for oyster vessels at Perth Aiuboy, N. J II, 



FIG. 2. " The Creek " at Keyport, N. J., with oyster boats, skid's, and scows II, 546 



Drawings by Ernest Ingersoll. 



240. A Lake's Bay shipping-house and "platform" for freshening oysters, Smith's Landing, Lake's 



Bay, New Jersey II, ^46 



Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll. 



241. Oyster-barges at foot of West Tenth street, North River, New York City II, 555 



Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll. 



242. Opening or shucking oysters in Baltimore packing-house II, 560 



From a photograph. 

 24:!. Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diverse patterns, used in New England, 



New York, and the Chesapeake region II, 559 



'HIE CLAM INDUSTRY. 



244. Clam- diggers' boats and shuoking-houses at Essex, Mass , II, 5^5 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



245. Opening or shucking clams at Essex, Mass II, 585 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE CRAB FISHERY. 



246. Negroes trawling for crabs on ihe Virginia and North Carolina coasts II, C33 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



THE LOBSTER FISHERY. 



247. Dory fishermen hauling lobster pots off Cape Ann, Massachusetts II, 666, 677. 



773 



From photograph by T. W. Sraillie. 



248. Lobster fishing-boats of Bristol, Me II, 669,677, 



759 

 Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. .T. W. Collins. 



249. Lobster Cove at Lanesville, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, showing fishermen's boat-houses and gear. II, 606, 773 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



2">0. Summer villageof lobster fishermen at No Man's Land, Massachusetts II, 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1882. 



251. Lobster fishermen's gear at No Man's Laud, Massachussetts. (Explanation on plate) II, 665,672, 



781 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



252. Lobster-boiling apparatus at Portland, Me . . : II, 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE FLORIDA SPONGE INDUSTRY. 



253. Sponges as landed by the fishermen at Key West, Fla., and ready for sale II, 826 



From a ph>>t<igraph. 



254. Sponge-loft at Key West, Fla II- 828 



From a photograph. 



255. Sorting, trimming, and baling sponges at Key West, Fla II. 828 



