INDEX. 



869 



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Rhode Island, decrease iu oysters in 515 



early whaliug in 32 



lobster fishermen in 679 



fishery in 661,705,710,785-787 



laws in 728, 734, 730 



season in 664 



statistics for 793, 794 



natural oyster beds iu 510 



oyster-industry statistics 564 



planting in 536 



qnahaug fishery in 604 



scallop fishery in 575 



laws in 576 



statistics for 581 



soft-clam statistics in 594 



whale fishery iu 107 



Ehytina Stelleri 205 



Ricketson's History of New Bedford, cited .. 107 



Right whale captured in Charleston Harbor 52 



fishery 160 



Indian name, " yakh-yo-bad-di " 62 



of New Zealand 213 



oil, called right-whale glue 288 



cruising grounds for 15 



formerly abundant at Cape Cod 28 



iu North Pacific 17 



movements when struck 263 



North Atlantic grounds for 15 



on California coast 53 



Pacific coast 4, 55 



total number taken, 1804 to 1880 1G9 



Rio tie Janeiro, whaler's supply station 25 



Riverhead, N. Y., hard elams at 606 



" River La Plate ground,'' sperm whales on 10 



Roanoke Sound, shrimp in 802 



terrapin fishery in 499 



Rochester, Muss., oysters at 510 



whaling fleet of 171 



Rockaway Bay. soft clams in 591 



Rockaway, N. Y., hard clams at 607 



mussels at 620 



Rockaway oyst ers sent to San Francisco 538 



Rock-crabs 629 



economic importance of 649 



of Pacific coast 657 



statistics of (>5b 



Rock-hopping casks of seal oil 437 



Rocklaud, Me., lobster fishery at 759 



Rock-lobster fishery 627,798.799 



Rock-lobsters, bait for 798 



dried tails of 798 



for bait 798 



value of 798 



Rockport, Mo., lobster fishery at 755 



lobsters at 707,725 



Rockport, Mass. , lobster fishery at 773 



Roderique, sperm whales near 12 



Rogers, Capt. E. D., on sealing 419 



Roosevelt, Mr., on lobster laws 730 



Roslyu, N. Y., hard clams at 605 



Rosemary Islands, Australia 22 



Rough seal 474 



Round clam 581 



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Rowayton, Conn., oyster planting at 534 



oysters from 557 



quahaugs at 604 



Rowley River, Massachsetts, oysters in 509 



Royal Company's Island, fnr seals at 426 



Rubelius, H., on crayfish 796 



Rnmstick Point, Rhode Island, oyster planting at. 536 



Russian American Company 205,379,485 



America, whale fishery in 204 



whale iu Arctic Ocean 56 



whaling 19 



Whaling Company in Alaska 206 



Russians, white- whale fishery by 24 



Russia, whale fishery of 204 



Ryder, John A., on lobster culture 736 



oysters 507 



Rye, N. H., lobster fishery at 773 



law at, 727 



Saco district, lobster fishery in 768,770-772 



Sag Harbor, N. Y., clams at 591,606 



lobster fishery at 790 



scallop industry at 579 



whale fishery of ....100,106,117,171, 

 172, 178-192 



Saint Andrew's Sound, terrapin fishery in 502 



Saint Augustine, Fla., shrimp at 805 



turtle fishery 496 



Saint Croix River, lobster fishery in 744 



Saint George Island, Alaska 329 



description of fur-seal 



rookeries on 332 



driving the liolluschichie on. 348 



killing ground on 375 



of seals limited 392 



Little Eastern rookery 349, 350 



North rookery 348, 350 



number of fur seals on 350 



rookeries of 344 



sea-lion hunt at... 467 



Starry Arteel rookery 347, 350 



Zapadine rookery 345,350 



Saint George, Me., lobster fishery at 759 



Saint Helena Sound, terrapin fishery iu 502 



Saint James, N. Y., clams at 591,605 



Saint Mark's, Fla , sponge industry at 829 



Saiut Michael's, Md., oyster packing at 561 



Saint Paul Island, Alaska 321,329 



Americans pre-empt rookeries 



on 382 



description of seal rookeries on. 332 



Keetavie rookery 338, 344 



killing ground at 343,375 



of seals limited 382 



Lagoon rookery 337, 344 



Lukannon rookery 338,344 



Northeast rookery 342, 344 



Noviistoshuah rookery 342,344 



number of seals on 344 



Polaviua rookery 341, 344 



Reef rookery 336,344 



review of rookeries on 336 



sea-lion hunt at 467 



sea-otter at 484 



