456 INDEX 



Reciprocity Treaty of 1854, events leading to, 161; principal cause 



for, 166; effect of on U. S., 291; provisions of first article of, 



324, 325, abrogation of, 326. 

 Retaliatory act, the, 332. 

 Revolution, the, real beginning of, 107, 108; effect on fisheries, 124, 



125. 

 Rhode Island, fish oil manufacture in, 195; oyster industry of, 195, 



242; general fisheries of, 196; menhaden fisheries of, 227, 228; 



Commission, lobster propagation by, 240. 

 Robinson, Captain Andrew, 82. 

 "Russian sardines," 211, 212. 

 Ryswick, treaty of, provisions and effects of, 74. 



Salem (Naumkeag), 49; suffering at, 53; fishermen of captured by 



Indians, 73; fisheries of, 148, 149. 



Salt, for New England fishery, source of, 95; duty on, 138, 165. 

 Sardine, true, 210; fish used for, 210; origin of business of, 210; 



canneries, statistics, 212-214, 248, 249; canning of, 249-252. 

 Schedule of 1846, the, effect of on American fishermen, 165, 166. 

 Schooner, the first, 82; supersedes shallop, 88; of to-day, 319, 320. 

 Seacoast Packing Co., 213. 

 Seine boats, facts concerning, 295. 

 Shad, 215-219; range of, 18, 215; decrease of, 216; movements of, 



217; center of fishery of, 217; hatcheries, 218, 219; statistics 



of, 217, 218. 

 Shellfish, 230-246. 



Shipbuilding, effect on Colonies, 65; active beginning of, 81. 

 Shore towns, Matinicus to Portland, fisheries of, 181, 182. 

 Smith, Capt. H. O., 201. 

 Smith, John, visit to New England, 34; "Description of New 



England," contents, 34, 35. 

 Squanto, Indian friend of Pilgrims, 39. 

 " Squid school," 16. 



Sturgeon, legislation concerning, 66; fishery in Maine, 83. 

 Sugar Act, the, the Molasses Act perpetuated, 103. 



Three-mile limit, meaning of and controversy over, 323. 



Tonnage, kinds of and how found, 318, 319. 



Trawler, outfit of, 301. 



Trawl fishing, 279; description of, 300-303. 



Treaty of 1888, provisions of, 333. 



Treaty of Washington, events leading to, 326, 327; provisions of, 



327, 328. 

 Trinity Bay, troubles at, 206. 



Utrecht, treaty of, terms, 79 ; result of, 80, 81 j ignored by French, 84. 



Victor, the, description of, 319, 320. 

 Vinal Haven, fisheries of, 181. 

 Virginia, first New England vessel, 33. 



