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851 



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Delaware, statistics of blue crabs iu 648 



horseshoe crabs in 657 



terrapin fishery in 503 



Delaware Bay, decrease in oysters in 518 



natural oyster-beds in 511 



oyster planting in .. 528 



Delaware River, shell heaps on 599 



Delphinapterus leucas, Russian fishery for 204 



Denmark, shell heaps in 599 



whale fishery of 71 



Dennis, Mass., boat-whaling at 27 



Dennisport, Mass., sea-clams at 609 



Desolation Island, discovery of 412 



history of 418 



humpback whales at 23 



sealing voyage to 445-460 



whaling at 149, 152 -164 



Dcvil-lish, or California gray whale 23 



Diogo Ramirez Islands, sealers on 427 



sealing at 404 



Disasters to sealing vessels 404,427,438,455-460 



whaling vessels 151, 158, 175-192 



Discipline on whaling vessels 220 



Diving for turtles 495 



Dogfish oil as food 62 



Dogs used iu terrapin hunting 560 



Dolphin, Russian fishery for 204 



Dorchester, Mass., whaling fleet of 171 



Donble-ender boat 671 



Doughtj, Charles, on crab fishery 638 



Douglass, Dr., History of North America by 94 



Dory, fishing 672 



Drag-nets, turtle fishing with 495 



Drag-rakes, oyster 523 



Dredge, clam 598 



kettle-bail 571 



oyster 523,537 



scallop 571 



Dredging, oyster, in Chesapeake Bay 549 



scallop 570 



Dried halibut 63 



shrimp in California 808 



preparation of 805 



Drift whales, regulations concerning 33 



Drug for capture of whales 49 



Dudley, Paul, on whale fishery 65 



Duff, whale-men's food called 228 



Dimbar's Sons, G. W 806 



Dundee, Scotland, whaling fleet of 198-200 



Dunham, Capt. J. T., injured by whale 274 



Dunkirk, France, whale fishery from 66, 68, 133 



Dutch Island, Rhode Island, lobster fishery at 785 



Dutch whale fishery 36, 193 



Duty on exports of whale-oil 37 



Duxbury, Mass., lobster fishery in 778 



soft-clam fishery in 587 



whaling fleet of 171 



Dyer's Creek, New Jersey, horseshoe crabs at 655 



Dyer's Island, coast of Africa 416 



Eagle Island, Falkland group 411 



Earll,R. E., on boat whaling 41 



clam fishery 584,592 



crab fishery 644 



lobster fishermen 680 



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Earll, B. E., on lobster fishery 059,767 



porpoise fishing 308 



quahaug fishery 607 



seal fishery 477 



shrimp fishery 802 



shore whaling 48 



Earnings of lobster fishermen 680 



oystermen 552 



sealers 439 



whalemen 53,58,291-294 



Ear shell, abaloues called 622 



Eastham, Mass., drift whales at 26 



Easthaiuptou, N. Y 33,36 



hard clams at 606 



scallop industry at 579 



whale fishery at 106 



East India Islands, sperm whales at 11 



East Marion, N. Y., hard clams at 606 



lobster fishery at 790 



Eastport, Me., abundance of lobsters at 706 



lobster canning at 687 



cars at 673 



fishery at 702,744,746 



mussels at , 617 



soft clams at 584 



East River, Now York, natural oyster beds in 511,516 



private oyster beds iu 534 



East River oysters sent to San Francisco 530 



East Setauket, N. Y., hard clams at 605 



Kchidnocorossetimanus 658 



Ecuador, humpback whales at 22 



Edgarto wn district, lobster fishery in 780 



statistics 784,785 



. Edgartown, Mass., census of whaling fleet 173 



drift whales at 29,30 



lobsters at 710 



soft clams at 589 



whaling fleet of 3,86-94,171 



voyages from 177-192 



Edmonds, R. H., ou oyster packing 560 



oystering in Chesapeake Bay. 549 



Edwards, Vinal N., ou lobster fishery 705, 782 



Electric whaling apparatus 249 



Elephant seals at South Georgia Islands 412 



size of 435 



southern distribution of -... 403 



Elizabeth Islands, Mass., lobster fishery at. . .661, 705, 780 



Elliott, H. W., ou Alaskan crabs 658 



mussels 619 



seal industry 319-393 



sea-lion hunt 319, 4'<i7, 474 



seals born in the ocean 394 



sea-otter fishery 319, 483, 491 



Embargo of 1757 103 



England, lobster laws in 718 



whaling fleet of, 1830 to 1868 198 



Enhy dra marina 488 



Ensatella americaua 613 



Epialtus productus 657 



Equipment of whale boat 240 



Erignathus barbatus 474 



Escallope, name for scallop 565 



Escambia Bay, Florida, oysters in f 12 



Eskimos, whaling by Id 



