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Oyster steamer. 



Sketch of an oyster steamer at work dredging oysters. New Haven, 

 Conn., 1883. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Menhaden steamer. 



Steamer Joseph Church, of Tiverton, B. I., arriving in port, loaded 

 with 500 barrels of menhaden caught October 10 and 11, off 

 Delaware Breakwater. Tiverton, E. I., 1882. (Photo. No. 

 1989.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Sardine steamer. 



Steam tug employed at Eastport for towing loaded fishing boats to 

 the sardine factories. Eastport, Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1933.) 

 TJ. S. Fish Commission. 



17. Square-rigged fishing vessels and freighters. 



Salt-ship. 



Salt-laden bark discharging at Pew's Wharf. View from Five Pound 

 Island. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 1840.) U. S. 

 Fish Commission. Large quantities of salt are brought to 

 Gloucester, from Cadiz, Spain, from Trapani, and other ports, 

 to be used in curing fish. 



Eepairing whaling vessel. 



Views of a whaling vessel heeled or " hove down" for repairs. Deck 

 view of same; near view of same. New Bedford, Mass., 1882. 

 (Photos. Nos. 2136, 2137, and 2145.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



18. Fishing schooners. 



pinkeys. 

 Pinkey. 



Pinkey schooner Laurel, of Friendship, Me., lying at wharf at Port- 

 land, with foresail unbent, fitting out for a herring trip to Wood 

 Island, Maine. Portland, Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1864.) U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Pinkey. 



Pinkey under sail. Eastport, Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1934.) U.S. 

 Fish Commission. 



Pinkey at anchor. 



Pinkey Senator, of Gloucester, at anchor on the "Old Southeast," a 

 fishing ground off Half- Way Bock, Massachusetts Bay. Crew 

 employed in pollock-fishing. The view (30 by 40 inches) in- 

 cludes fishing boats also. The Senator was built at Essex in 

 1831, and is the only vessel of her class now sailing from Glou- 

 cester. Massachusetts Bay, 1883. (Photo. No. 1940.) IT. S. 

 Fish Commission. 



