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  where 
  they 
  are 
  plucked 
  and 
  dyed. 
  In 
  the 
  Exhibition 
  may 
  

   be 
  seen 
  a 
  group 
  of 
  these 
  Seals, 
  and 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  interesting 
  

   colour 
  sketches 
  by 
  Elliott. 
  According 
  to 
  Mr. 
  Petrov, 
  

   the 
  yield 
  of 
  Sea-otter 
  skins 
  from 
  Alaska 
  in 
  1880 
  amounted 
  

   to 
  6000, 
  worth 
  $600,000. 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  75, 
  valued 
  

   at 
  $3,750, 
  were 
  taken 
  in 
  California. 
  

  

  The 
  Mackerel 
  Fishery. 
  — 
  The 
  Mackerel 
  fishery 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  

   the 
  most 
  important 
  of 
  the 
  " 
  general 
  fisheries," 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  

   special 
  interest 
  from 
  having 
  been 
  the 
  chief 
  element 
  of 
  dis- 
  

   cussion 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Fishery 
  Treaty 
  between 
  Great 
  

   Britain 
  and 
  the 
  United 
  States, 
  which 
  is 
  soon 
  to 
  come 
  up 
  for 
  

   readjustment. 
  Prior 
  to 
  1870 
  a 
  large 
  fleet 
  of 
  New 
  England 
  

   vessels 
  resorted 
  to 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  for 
  Mackerel 
  ; 
  

   in 
  1882 
  only 
  one 
  Mackerel-schooner 
  visited 
  Canadian 
  waters, 
  

   returning 
  with 
  about 
  200 
  barrels 
  of 
  fish. 
  This 
  revolution 
  

   in 
  the 
  Mackerel 
  fishery 
  is 
  due 
  to 
  the 
  introduction 
  of 
  the 
  

   great 
  purse 
  seine, 
  by 
  which 
  Mackerel 
  are 
  taken 
  by 
  the 
  

   hundred, 
  or 
  even 
  more, 
  barrels 
  at 
  a 
  time, 
  in 
  the 
  broad 
  

   ocean 
  between 
  Cape 
  Hatteras 
  and 
  Cape 
  Sable. 
  

  

  This 
  fishery 
  in 
  1880 
  employed 
  468 
  vessels 
  and 
  5043 
  men, 
  

   and 
  produced 
  131,939,225 
  lbs. 
  of 
  fresh 
  fish, 
  of 
  which 
  

   117,500,000 
  lbs., 
  or. 
  343,808 
  barrels 
  were 
  salted, 
  the 
  

   remainder 
  being 
  canned 
  or 
  sold 
  fresh. 
  

  

  The 
  Shad 
  and 
  Alewife 
  Fisheries. 
  — 
  Each 
  of 
  our 
  great 
  

   rivers 
  of 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  coast, 
  the 
  St. 
  Johns, 
  the 
  St. 
  Mary's, 
  the 
  

   Altamaha, 
  the 
  Savannah, 
  the 
  Ogeechee, 
  the 
  Cape 
  Fear, 
  

   the 
  Neuse, 
  the 
  York, 
  the 
  James, 
  the 
  Rappahannock, 
  the 
  

   Potomac, 
  the 
  Patuxent, 
  the 
  Susquehanna, 
  the 
  Delaware, 
  

   the 
  Hudson, 
  the 
  Housatonic, 
  the 
  Connecticut, 
  the 
  Merrimac, 
  

   is 
  in 
  the 
  spring 
  or 
  early 
  summer 
  the 
  seat 
  of 
  a 
  fishery 
  of 
  

   considerable 
  importance, 
  having 
  for 
  its 
  object 
  the 
  capture 
  

   of 
  the 
  anadromous 
  fishes 
  of 
  the 
  Herring 
  family, 
  which 
  

   ascend 
  the 
  rivers 
  to 
  spawn 
  at 
  the 
  approach 
  of 
  warm 
  weather. 
  

  

  