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  from 
  300,000 
  to 
  400,000 
  fish. 
  About 
  95 
  cargoes, 
  worth 
  

   upwards 
  of 
  $ 
  100,000, 
  are 
  bought 
  from 
  the 
  vicinity 
  of 
  East- 
  

   port 
  alone 
  ; 
  the 
  herrings 
  bought 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  provinces 
  are 
  

   not 
  included 
  in 
  our 
  statistics. 
  

  

  " 
  In 
  addition 
  to 
  the 
  fish 
  frozen 
  or 
  packed 
  in 
  sardine- 
  

   cans, 
  herring 
  to 
  the 
  value 
  of 
  $150,000 
  are 
  smoked, 
  pickled, 
  

   or 
  sold 
  for 
  bait." 
  

  

  The 
  Clam 
  and 
  Quahaitg 
  Fishery. 
  — 
  There 
  are 
  two 
  im- 
  

   portant 
  kinds 
  of 
  Clams 
  — 
  the 
  Long 
  Clam, 
  or 
  " 
  Maninose," 
  

   Mya 
  arenaria, 
  and 
  the 
  Quahaug, 
  or 
  Round 
  Clam, 
  

   sometimes 
  called 
  the 
  Wampum 
  Clam, 
  Venus 
  mercenaria. 
  

   Of 
  the 
  former, 
  we 
  are 
  told 
  by 
  Lieut. 
  Winslow 
  : 
  — 
  " 
  Exten- 
  

   sive 
  beds 
  occur 
  at 
  intervals 
  along 
  the 
  coast 
  of 
  Maine, 
  and 
  

   the 
  annual 
  yield 
  is 
  estimated 
  at 
  nearly 
  316,000 
  bushels, 
  

  

  valued 
  at 
  about 
  $88,472. 
  

  

  "The 
  Massachusetts 
  fishery 
  is 
  the 
  one 
  of 
  most 
  conse- 
  

   quence, 
  and 
  the 
  next 
  in 
  point 
  of 
  importance 
  is 
  Narragansett 
  

   Bay 
  and 
  the 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  shores. 
  While 
  in 
  Massachusetts 
  

   Bay 
  the 
  profitable 
  season 
  is 
  during 
  the 
  summer 
  months, 
  

   in 
  Rhode 
  Island 
  the 
  winter's 
  fishing 
  brings 
  in 
  the 
  largest 
  

   return 
  ; 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  the 
  inhabitants 
  of 
  the 
  shores 
  

   being 
  engaged 
  during 
  that 
  season 
  in 
  securing 
  soft 
  Clams. 
  

   The 
  whole 
  coast 
  of 
  Long 
  Island 
  Sound 
  is 
  prolific, 
  and 
  one 
  

   or 
  two 
  points 
  are 
  especially 
  noted 
  for 
  the 
  abundance, 
  or 
  

   superior 
  size 
  and 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  Clams 
  usually 
  found. 
  

   Guilford, 
  on 
  the 
  Connecticut 
  coast, 
  is 
  especially 
  prominent, 
  

   the 
  Clams 
  from 
  that 
  vicinity 
  sometimes 
  being 
  6 
  and 
  8 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  a 
  pound 
  or 
  more 
  in 
  weight, 
  and 
  retailing 
  in 
  New 
  

   Haven 
  markets 
  for 
  $1.25 
  per 
  dozen. 
  These 
  Clams 
  are, 
  

   however, 
  only 
  obtained 
  at 
  extremely 
  low 
  tides 
  and 
  are 
  

   comparatively 
  scarce. 
  About 
  10,000 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  size 
  

   are 
  taken 
  per 
  annum, 
  and 
  are 
  sold 
  at 
  from 
  40 
  to 
  60 
  cents 
  

   per 
  dozen. 
  All 
  along 
  the 
  southern 
  shore 
  of 
  the 
  sound 
  are 
  

  

  