CONTENTS. LIII 



Section H— Continued. 



Cetaceans 629 



The economic value of the Cetaceans 630 



The decrease in the abundance of American Cetaceans 631 



Dolphins 632 



Porpoises 632 



The blackfish and the grampus 633 



The killers 633 



The sperm whale and the pigmy sperm whale 633 



Ziphioid whales 634 



The gray whale 634 



Finbacks and sulphur-bottoms 635 



Humpbacks and right whales .... 635 



ANNOTATED LIST OF THE AQUATIC ANIMALS OF NORTH AMERICA, WITH CATA- 

 LOGUE OF SPECIMENS EXHIBITED AT LONDON. 



Sirenia 637 



Trichechidse 637 



Cete (suborder Denticete) 637 



Delphinidse 637 



GlobiocephalidsB 639 



Ziphiidse - : - - 640 



Physeperidse 641 



Cete (suborder Mysticeti) 641 



Rhachianectidae 641 



Balsenopteridse 642 



Carnivora (suborder (Pinnipedia) 643 



Phosidsa 643 



Otariidse 643 



Odobsenidae 644 



Section I.— CATALOGUE OF THE COLLECTION, ILLUSTRATING THE 

 FISHING VESSELS AND BOATS AND THEIR EQUIPMENT; THE ECO- 

 NOMIC CONDITION OF FISHEEMEN; ANGLERS' OUTFITS, ETC. 

 By Captain J. W. Collins. 



(For a more detailed table of contents of this section see pages . ) 



A. — Introduction 651 



B. — Fishing craft - 670 



Vessels 670 



Boats 689 



Sketches and photographs of vessels and boats .. 709 



C. — Fittings and appliances for vessels and boats * 722 



D. — Fishermen and anglers.... 782 



E. — Food, medicine, and shelter 803 



F. — Vessels' papers 815 



G. — Habits of fishermen 818 



H. — Life-saving material 822 



Section J.— CATALOGUE OF APPARATUS FOR THE CAPTURE OF 



FISH. 



By R. Edward Earll. 



(For a more detailed table of contents of this section see pages .) 



A. — Apparatus of direct application 833 



I. — Hand implements 833 



For striking 833 



