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385 



Pribylov Islands, leased to Alaska Commercial Com- 

 pany ......................... 



limit to use of fire-arms on ...... 38^ 



natives on ...................... 38C 



number of seals taken on ........ 37? 



reasons for presence of fur seals . 331 

 regulations for conduct of affairs 

 on ........................... 388 



rental of ....................... 391 



restrictions in landing on ....... 38-> 



Russian seal industry on ........ 37(i 



sea-lion hunt on ............... 407-474 



sites of abandoned seal rookeries. 358 

 statistics of seals taken on ...... 361 



total number of fur seals on ---- 350, 351 



Treasury Department agents on . 393 

 under Russian-American FurConi- 

 pany ......................... 379 



value of seals on ................ 359 



wages paid natives on ..... ..... 383 



Prince Edward Group, fur-seals at ............... 417 



sea-elephants at .......... 417 



sealing voyages to ....... 446-456 



Prince Edward Island, lobster canneries at ....... 690 



oysters at ................. 509 



Privateers, destruction of whalers by ............ 235 



Products of Dundee whale fishery ................ 202 



whale fishery, statistics of ....4, 145, 166-173 



Profits of lobster fishermen ...................... 680 



whale fishery .......................... 98 



Propagation of sponges .......................... 832 



Providence, R. I., oyster freshening at ............ 546 



opening at.. ............ 559 



whale fishery of ................ 117 



whaling fleet of ............... 171, 172 



Providence River, Rhode Island, cat-boats ........ 671 



former abundance 



of oysters in ... 510 



oyster planting in. 536 



Provincetowu, Mass., blackfish at ................ 303 



boat whaling at ............ 40 



census of whaling fleet ..... 173 



decrease of lobsters at ...... 698 



early whale fishery from.. .. 94 



history of whale fishery of. . 144 

 lobster fishery at .......... 702, 778 



laws at ............. 727 



lobsters at ................ 662,709 



sealing fleet of ............ 439, 440 



vessels from ........ 476 



shore whaling at ........... 3,41 



whale fishery from ......... 27 



whaleman's share system.. . 292 

 whaling fleet of ......... 3,171,172 



voyages from ..... 176-192 



Prussic acid used in capture of whales ............ 248 



Puget Sound, mussels in ......................... dill 



Quahaug, clamming grounds for ................ 003-611 



description of .......................... 595 



fishery ..... . ...................... 505,595,613 



fishery, apparatus and methods of ...... 597 



at Long Island ................. 605 



in Chesapeake Bay ............. 607 



Connecticut ....... . ......... 604 



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Qauahaug fishery in New Jersey 607 



New York Bay 607 



North Carolina 608 



Rhode Island 604 



Indian names for 595 



or hard clam - 581 



reproduction of 596 



shells, Indian implements made from 599 



trade of New York, history of 602 



Qiiahaiigs, called Little Neck clam 602 



poqauu C04 



tea-clams 602 



canned 606 



dried on strings 600 



food qualities of 598 



geographical distribution of 595 



lialiitsof 596 



iced for shipment 603 



markets for 603 



methods of baking 600,601 



capturing 597 



packing 604 



planting 606 



price of 604 



season for 607 



statistics for Chesapeake Bay 608 



Long Island 608 



New Jersey 608 



New York Bay 608 



Southern States 608 



of total production 608 



value of 597 



wampum made from shells of 599 



winter habits of 597 



Quiucy, Mass., whaling fleet of 171 



Rahway, N. J., oyster freshening at 546 



Rakes, clam 610 



qnakaug 598 



Rappahannock River, Virginia, decrease in oysters 527 



oyster planting in. !"i27 

 Raritan River, New Jersey, natural oyster-beds in . 511 



Rath ban, Richard, ou crab fisheries 627-658 



crayfish fishery 627,794-798 



leech industry 811,813 



lobster fishery 627, 658-794 



rock-lobster fishery. ..627,798,799 



shrimp and prawn fisheries ..627, 



799-810 



sponge fishery 817-841 



Bay, George R., on lobsters 706 



Razor-fish 505,613 



Professor Lankester on 614 



Red Brook, Mass. , oysters at 510 



Red crab of Pacific coast 657 



Reef seal rookery, Saint Paul Island 336,344 



Refineries, whalc-oi 1 4 



Refining whale oil, method of 4 



Refrigeration of crabs 639 



oysters 562 



Reindeer, whaling bark, at Iceland 19 



Resolution Island, whaling at 18 



Return Reef, whaling at 21 



Rhode Island, boat whaling in . 48 



clam bakes in .. 601 



