TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



A. — Introduction. 



Page. 



Statistics and history of fishing vessels 7 



Statistics and history of fishing boats 12 



Apparatus accessory to rigging fishing vessels 14 



Fishermen and their apparel 19 



Food, medicine, and shelter 21 



Fishermen's log-books 22 



Fishermen's widows and orphans aid societies 22 



B.— Fishing craft. 



VESSELS. 



Rigged models : 



1. Fishing steamers 26 



2. Fishing ketches 26 



3. Fishing schooners 27 



Builders' models: 



4. Fishing schooners . 37 



BOATS. 



5. Sloop, cutter, and cat-rigged square-stern boats 45 



6. Schooner-rigged square-stern boats 49 



7. Square-stern row-boats 50 



8. Sharp-stern round-bottom boats 50 



9. Flat-bottom boats 54 



10. Portable boats 58 



11. Sportsmen's boats 61 



12. Bark canoes 62 



13. Skin boats and canoes 62 



14. Dug-outs 63 



SKETCHES AND PHOTOGRAPHS OF VESSELS AND BOATS. 



15. General views of fishing fleets 65 



16. Fishing steamers 66 



17. Square-rigged vessels 67 



18. Fishing schooners 67 



Pinkeys 67 



Mackerel-fishing vessels 66 



Cod-fishing vessels 70 



Fresh-halibut vessels „ 71 



Herring catchers 72 



Fishing schooners, general 72 



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