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INDEX. 



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Mussels, Alaskan method of cooking 620 



as bait 632 



Atlantic species of 615 



boiled and pickled 621 



called black shells 620 



mustles 585 



commercial importance of 619 



cultivation of 619 



description of beard of 616 



enemies of 619 



geographical distribution of 615, 619 



greenness of 621 



horse 618 



in Alaska 619 



Indian use of 619 



marketed at New York 620 



method of boiling 620 



natural history of 616 



pickled 464 



ribbed 618 



used as food 620 



by Indians 599 



value for manure 621 



yellow 618 



Mystic, Conn., sealing fleet of 4li9, 440 



voyages from 451-460 



whaling fleet of 171,172 



Mystio River, Massachusetts, oysters in 509 



Mya arenaria 581,582 



fishery for 581-594 



Mytilus californianus 649 



cdulis 615, 618, 619 



Nahaut, Mass. , lobster fishery at 775 



Nantucket district, lobster statistics 784, 785 



Nantuckot, Mass., blacktish ashore at 302 



early whaling at 27, 63 



history of shore whaling at 30 



lobster fishery at 780 



Macy's History of 31 



sea-clam fishery at 618 



sealing voyages from .440460 



scaling fleetof 439,440 



soft clams at 589 



statistics of lobster fishery at.. 780 



whale fishery statistics 100, 116 



. whaling fleet of .. .94, 112, 116, 171, 172 

 interests transferred to 



France 132 



whalemen of, in Europe 134 



move to Nova 



Scotia 138 



Napeaguo Beach, soft clams at 591 



Narragansctt Bay, blue-crab fishery in 025 



bedding Chesapeake oysters in. 522 



decrease of oysters in 515 



lobster fishery in 661,785 



oyster planting in 536 



quahaug fishery in (J04 



scallop fishery in ,..571,575 



shrimp in : 800 



soft-clam fisheryin 589 



Narragansett Pier, Rhode Island, lobster fishery at. 785 



Navigators' Islands, sperm whales near 11 



Neah Bay, fur-seal industry at ,'!94 



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Neah Bay, pecteu shells at 567 



Neptune, ship, notable sealing voyage by 441,460 



Net pots, lobster 667 



Nets, flounder and sculpiu 676 



for capture of blackfish 306 



porpoise 308 



used for capture of whales 247 



Newark, N. J., whaling fleet of 171 



Newark River, New Jersey, natural oyster beds 



in 511 



New Bedford d istrict, lobster fishery in 783 



New Bedford, Mass., Arctic whaling fleet of K6-94 



beginning of whale fishery 



at 107 



bine-crab fishery at 634, 635 



census of whaling 173 



Davis Strait whaling '.H.I 



lobster fishery at 783 



statistics 784,785 



oysters at 510 



Pacific whale fishery from ... 68 



rock-crabs at 649 



scallop fishery at 57 1, 575 



sealing fleet of 439,440 



voyages from 442-460 



. shrimp at 799,800 



soft clams at 589 



whale-oil refining at 4 



whaling fleet of 3, 171, 172 



voyages from 175-190 



New Berne, N. C., oyster packing at 562 



shrimp at 802 



New Brunswick, lobster canneries at 690, 746 



decrease in 711 



Newbury, Mass., oysters in 509 



Newburyport, Mass., clam fishery at 586 



fur sealing from 415 



rock-crabs at 649 



sealing vogages from 450, 453 



soft clams at 589 



whaling fleet of 171, 172 



New Caledonia, sperm whales around 11 



New Castle, N. 11., lobster fishery at 77;> 



New Kugland, history of boat whaling in 26 



Newfoundland, lobster canneries at 690 



industry at 711 



seal fishery, danger of 480 



sealing at . 474 



whale fishery of 192 



New Hampshire, extinction of oysters in 514 



lobster fishermen in 679 



fisheryin 773 



grounds, in 662 



laws of 727, 733 



statistics for 793, 794 



oysters in waters of 509 



present abundance of lobsters in. 708 



soft-clam statistics in 594 



statistics of oyster industry 564 



New Haven, Conn., Antarctic sealing from 401 



as a lobster market 682 



bedding Chesapeake oysters.. 522 



blue crabs at 635 



lobster fishery at 787 



