XX LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. 



THE SEA-OTTER FISHERY OF ALASKA. 



Vol. Page. 



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



again II, 490 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott. 



THE TURTLE FISHERY. 



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



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



THE OYSTER INDUSTRY. 



236. Oyster dredging steamer at work in Long Island Sound II, 523,r.3. r > 



237. Chesapeake Bay oyster dredges II, 523 



From specimens in TJ. S. National Museum. 

 23d Oyster tongs and nippers H, 



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



FIG. 2. "The Creek" at Keyport, N. J., with oyster boats, skiffs, and scows II, 646 



Drawings by Erneat IngersolL 



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



Bay, New Jersey II, 646 



Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll. 



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



Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll. 



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



From a photograph. 



243. Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diverse; patterns, used in New England, 



New York, and the Chesapeake region II, 659 



THE CLAM INDUSTRY. 



244. Clam-diggers' boats and shucking-houses at Essex, Mass II, 585 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



245. Opening or shucking clams at Essex, Mass HI 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



THE CRAB FISHERY. 



246. Negroes trawlingfor crabs on the Virginia and North Carolina coasts II, 633 



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. Smillie. 



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



759 

 Drawing by H. \V. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



249. Lobster Cove at Lanesville, Cape Ann, Massachusetts, showing fishermen's boat-honses and gear. II, 666, 773 



From photograph by T. W. Smillie. 



250. Summer village of lobster fishermen at No Man's Land, Massachusetts II, 781 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1882. 



251 Lobster fishermen's gear at No Man's Land, 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 photograph. 



254. Bponge-loft at Key West, Fla n > 



From a photograph. 



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



