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861 



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Martha's Vineyard* whale fishery from 106, 116 



Martin, Capt. S. J., on lobsters 709 



Maryland, blue-crab fishery iu 641 



crab canneries in 634, 647 



oyster laws in 549 



packing in 561 



statistics for 553, 564, 565 



soft clams in 593 



statistics of blue crabs 648 



terrapin fishery of 503 



Masafuera, description of 407, 465 



fur sealing at 401,407 



sealing at, iu 1797 464 



voyages to 441-446 



sperm whales near 10 



Massachusetts, boat whaling in 41 



exti nction of oysters in 514 



history of boat-whaling iu 26 



horseshoe crabs in 652 



laws regulating salted bait 610 



lobster fishermen in 679 



fishery in 661,773-785 



parkin 740 



statistics 784,793 



oyster-industry statistics 564 



oysters in waters of 509 



present abundance of lobsters at . . 708 



scallop fishery in 574,575 



sea-clams in 608-613 



shell heaps in i 599,603 



soft-clam fishery in 585, 589, 594 



whale fishery of, 1771 to 1775 116 



whaling fleet of 3, 94 



Mather, Fred., on blue-crab fishery 635 



clam fishery 591 



lobster fishery 659 



laws 730 



quahaug fishery 605 



scallop industry 577, 579 



on sea-clams , 609 



Matiuicus boat 670 



Matinicus Island, Maine, lobster fishery at 759 



Matinicus, Me., lobster fishery at 701 



Mattapoisett, Mass., lobster fishery at 783 



oysters at 510 



Mattituck, N. Y., hard clams at 606 



scallop industry at 579 



Maurice Cove, New Jersey, native oysters in 518 



yster planting at 529 



oysters sent to San Francisco 538 



Mauritius, sperm whales off 12 



whaler's supply station 25 



McDonald, Col. Marshall, on oyster planting 526 



McDougal, United States Consul, on whale fishery. 198 



McKesson & Bobbins 832 



McKowu, Emerson, on lobster fishery 701 



McMeuamin & Co., crab canning by 646 



Mediterranean sponge fishery 837 



Megaptera boops 195 



iu Russian Arctic Ocean 204 



Melon oil of blackfish 309 



Menemsha Bight, lobster fishery at 780,782 



Menhaden as bait for lobsters 787 



for lobster bait 677 



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Menippe mercenaring 629,650,658 



Mercury Island, fur seals at 416 



Merrimac River, shell heaps on 599 



Middletowu, Conn., sealers from 444 



Millbrae, Cal., oyster planting at 539 



Millbridge, Me., lobster fishery at 749 



Mill Creek, Virginia, oyster planting in 527 



Miller, John F., President Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany 390 



Millsborough, Del., blue-crab fishery at 641 



Milwaukee, Wis., crayfish at 794 



Miudora Sea, sperm whales in 11 



Miriam Coffin, on the whale-fishermen, quoted 220 



Mississippi oyster-industry statistics 564,565 



oysters iu 512 



Mississippi River, shrimp in 800 



Mobile, Ala., oyster packing at 563 



shell roads at 599 



Modiola hamatus 618 



modiolus 615,618 



plicatula 615,618 



Modiolaria nigra 615,618 



Mou'a Passage, sperm whales in 8 



Money, wampum 600 



Monganui, whaler's supply station 25 



Monomoy, Massachusetts, lobster fishery at 778 



Monterey Bay, humpback whales in 22 



Monterey, Cal., mussels at 621 



whaling at 52, 54 



Monterey County, California, abalones in 624 



Monterey Whaling Company 58 



Montevideo, whaler's supply station 25 



Montreal, Canada, crayfish at 794 



Monument River, oyster planting in 537 



Morehead City, N. C., blue-crab fishery at 643 



scallops at.. , 580 



sbrimpat 802 



stone-crabs at 650 



terrapin fishery at 501 



turtle fishery of 495 



Morgan, Capt. Ebenezer, of Alaska Commercial 



Company 382 



Morgan's Bay, Hoard's Island 420 



Moriches Bay, New York, blue-crab fishery at 636 



Morrell, Captain, on Falkland Islands '. . 411 



Moseley, H. N 414,424 



Mount Desert Island, oysters at 509 



Mount Desert, Me, lobster fishery at 750 



Mount Sinai, hard clams at 605 



lobster fishery at 789 



Mount Wollastou, whale-ship 76 



Mousam River, Maine, lobster fishery at 769 



Mozambique, whaling at 136 



Mozambique Channel, sperm whales in 12 



Mud-crabs 649 



Mullet at Falkland Islands .' 410 



Mullica River, New Jersey, native oysters in 518 



oyster planting in 530 



Muscle Ridge, Maine, lobster fishery at 700, 707, 759 



Muscongus Bay lobster-boats 570 



Mussel-crab 648 



Mussel-digger, or California gray whale 23 



Mussel fishery 505,615-622,626 



industry in Germany 919 



