INDEX. 



873 



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Shrimp fishery in New England 800 



New Jersey 801 



NewYork 801 



North Carolina 801 



methodsof 804 



Pacific coast 807 



Gulf 807 



in Gulf of Mexico 800 



lake 800 



methods of capture 800 



selling 804 



preparation of dried 805 



price of 801 



river 806 



season for 801 



seines 803,807 



shells, exports of 808 



species of 799 



taken in skim-nets 803 



Siegafritz, Prof. Anton, on clam bakes 601 



Signals, code for whalemen 257 



Sippican, Mass., whaling-fleet of 171, 17:2 



Skim-nets, shrimp 802 



Sloops, oyster 535 



Smacks, fishing 672 



lobster 669,683,684 



statistics of.. -.749, 751, 75f>,758,761,763, 

 767, 769, 771, 775, 780, 787, 789, 792 



summary statistics for 770 



total in Connecticut 789 



Massachusetts 784 



New York 792 



United States 793 



Small Point, Maine, lobster fishery at 761,765 



Smoked clams at Puget Sound 599 



salmon 688 



Society Islands, sperm whales near 12 



Soft clams, fishery for 505,581-594 



Soft-shell crabs 649 



Soleu M;I \ inms 614 



Solomon Islands, sperm whales near 11 



Somerset, Mass., whaling fleet of 171 



Soloo Sea, sperm whales in 11 



Southampton Island, Hudson Bay 18 



Southampton, N. Y 33, 36, 106, 606 



South Atlantic, whaling grounds iu 16 



in 159 



South Carolina, crab fishery of 643, 648, 650 



natural oyster beds in 511 



oyster-industry statistics 564, 565 



shrimp and prawn industry in.. 803,810 



turtle fishery in 496, 499 



whaling in 49 



South Freeport, Me., lobster cannery at 765 



South Georgia Island, fur-sealing at 401, 412, 441460 



South Harpswell, Me., lobster fishery at 701,764 



Sonthhold, N. Y 579,600,790 



South Norwalk, Conn., lobster fishery at 711,787 



oyster planting at 534 



South Oyster Bay, New York, hard clams at 607 



South Pacific whaling grounds 10 



Southport, Me., lobster fishery at 761 



South Sea whalebone 5 



South Shetland Islands, description of 405 



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South Shetland, discovery of 405 



sra 1 i ug at 155, -402, 405, 406 



voyages to 448, 458, 459, 460 



South Thomaston, Me., lobster fishery at 759 



Southwell, Thomas, on bottlenosf whales 204 



Southwick, J. M. K., on lobsters 710 



Spade, boat, use of 264 



Spain, sperm whales oft' coast, of 9 



Spears, flounder 675 



sealing 395 



S|>ei:i!3ceti from whale oil 4 



method of obtaining 279 



uses of 5 



whales at Bermuda Islands 64 



Sperm candles, exports of, in 1770 116 



Sperm from whale's head 32 



oil, exports of 166 



from New Zealand 213 



home consumption of, 1860 to 1884 166 



imports into United Kingdom 154 



price of each month, 1868 to 1H80 167, 170 



quantity taken by each vessel 175-192 



from 1804 to 1880 72 



receipts of, 1860 to 18 J 4 1G6, 168, 170 



results of refining 4 



statistics of 4 



unrefined 4 



uses of 5 



Sperm-whale fishery at Bermudas 64 



British 66,67 



development of 63 



French 66 



from Cape Cod 28 



history of 37 



in Indian Ocean 70 



length of voyages iu 71 



off Japan coast 69 



origin of 63 



Pacific, beginning of 197 



products of ** 72 



review of 70,146-164 



statistics of 65,72 



voyages in 1870 to 1880 175-192 



Indian name "Kotske" 62 



grounds 8, 12 



teeth of 32 



Sperm-whales at New Zealand 211 



dimensions of 262 



first one taken at Nantucket 32 



killed in Pacific by an American 140 



food of 5 



geographical distribution of 8 



habits of 73 



in Indian Ocean 12 



North Atlantic 8 



North Pacific 11 



South Atlantic 9 



South Pacific 10 



movements when harpooned 263 



number taken, 1804 to 1880 72,169 



off Cape Horn 9 



on Pacific coast 55 



proportion of head matter in 73 



size of . . . 72 



