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Abalono fishery 505,622-626 



geographical distribution of 622 



habits of 624 



meats, statistics of 624 



used as food 625 



methods of gathering 624 



names of 622 



red-hacked 626 



shells, description of 625 



for artistic work 622 



Indian money made of 626 



method of polishing 623,' 626 



statistics of 624 



used for money 622 



value of 625 



species of 623 



Aberdeen, Scotland, whaling fleet of 198 



Acapulco, Mexico, visited by whalers 26 



Acushnet River, Massachusetts, bine crabs in G'.i5 



scallop fishery in. 575 



Addison, Me., lobster fishery at 748 



Adriatic Sea, sponge culture in 832 



Africa, fur-seals on coast of 403,415 



humpback whales off coast of 23 



sealing on coast of 441 



voyages to coast of 448-456 



sperm whales off coast off 10,12 



whaling omcoast of 115 



Alabama, oyster industry statistics 564,565 



packing in 563 



oysters in 512 



Alameda Creek, Cal., oyster planting at 539 



Alaska Commercial Company, business methods of. 383 



by-laws of 386 



history of 381 



organization of 382 



Alaska, crabs in 657,658 



Eskimo whaling in 3 



fur-seal industry of 321 



rookeries, importance of 331 



law protecting fur-seals in 390 



mussels iu 619 



Russian whaling at 205 



sea-lion hunt..... 467-474 



sea-otter fishery of 483,486 



whaling by Eskimos of 61 



Albemarle Sound, shrimp in 802 



Aleutian Islands, humpback whales at 22 



Pago. 



Aleuts, value of sea-lion to 471 



Allen, Joel Asaph, on North American pinnipeds. 474, 475 



Allyn, Capt. Gnrdon L 19,293,415 



Amagausett, N. Y., hard clams at 606 



lobster fishery at 790 



Ambergris 4,5,72,212 



Amelia, whale-ship 67 



American Sardine Company '. 745 



Annapolis, Md., oyster-packing at 561 



Aunisquam, Mass., clam fishery at 587 



lobster fishery at 773 



Antarctic fnr-seal and sea-elephant fisheries. .319, 400-467 



voyage, profits of 428 



seal fisheries, methods of capture 429 



origin of 400 



statistical review of 439 



sealing grounds 403 



vessels 4^6 



voyage, narrative of 460 



voyages, 1783 to 1880 440-460 



Antipodes, fur-seals at 426 



Apalachicola Bay, Fla. , shrimps in 806 



Apalachicola, Fla., oysters at 512 



sponge industry at 827 



Apparatus of whale capture 247-255 



Apponaug River, R. I., scallop fishery in 575 



Archer, Alloyno S., on whale fishery 214 



Archer Ground, sperm whales on 10 



Arctic fleet, supplies for 26 



Arctic Ocean, howhead whales in 19 



dangers of whaliug in. 79-84 



gray whales in 24 



species of'whales iu 204 



whaling fleet in 3,146-164 



Arctic whale fishery 94 



dangers of. 75 



disasters in 1871 and 1876 81,83 



history of 73 



methods of 74,77 



northern limit of 134 



season for 21 



Arctic whaling fleet, refitting of 25 



Arctocephalus australis, distribution of 403 



Arnold's History of Rhode Island, cited 32 



Athearn, Capt. George F., on fur-sealing 404,430 



Atlantic City, N. J., lobsters at 661 



Atlanticville, N. Y. , hard clams at 607 



Atwood, Capt. N. E 9,22,144,660,703,779 



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