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  are 
  consumed 
  throughout 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  New 
  England 
  

   and 
  Middle 
  States, 
  and 
  every 
  sea-board 
  town 
  sends 
  its 
  

   quota 
  to 
  supply 
  the 
  demand. 
  To 
  the 
  southward 
  of 
  the 
  

   Delaware 
  and 
  Chesapeake 
  this 
  consumption 
  diminishes 
  

   very 
  fast, 
  that 
  of 
  all 
  the 
  Southern 
  States 
  being 
  estimated 
  

   by 
  Ingersoll 
  at 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  50,000 
  bushels, 
  valued 
  at 
  

   £20,000. 
  

  

  The 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  annual 
  product 
  and 
  value 
  of 
  the 
  

   " 
  Quahaug 
  " 
  fish-fishery 
  for 
  the 
  whole 
  coast 
  is 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  Clams 
  taken 
  326,245,800 
  

  

  Number 
  of 
  bushels 
  1,087,486 
  

  

  Value 
  $657,747 
  

  

  The 
  Lobster 
  Fishery. 
  — 
  " 
  The 
  Lobster 
  fishery," 
  writes 
  

   Richard 
  Rathbun, 
  " 
  began 
  on 
  the 
  Massachusetts 
  coast 
  

   about 
  the 
  beginning 
  of 
  the 
  present 
  century, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  

   Maine 
  coast 
  about 
  1840. 
  It 
  has 
  rapidly 
  developed 
  to 
  the 
  

   present 
  time. 
  At 
  first, 
  Lobsters 
  were 
  frequently 
  found 
  

   near 
  low-water 
  mark. 
  They 
  rarely 
  occur 
  in 
  such 
  situations 
  

   now, 
  and 
  the 
  fishery 
  is 
  mainly 
  carried 
  on 
  in 
  depths 
  of 
  a 
  

   few 
  fathoms 
  to 
  twenty 
  or 
  thirty 
  fathoms 
  ; 
  but 
  sometimes 
  

   in 
  depths 
  of 
  forty 
  to 
  sixty 
  fathoms. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  Lobster 
  fishery 
  is 
  regularly 
  carried 
  on 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   wooden 
  framework 
  traps, 
  or 
  pots, 
  generally 
  constructed 
  of 
  

   common 
  house-laths, 
  baited 
  with 
  cheap 
  or 
  refuse 
  fish, 
  

   weighted 
  with 
  stones, 
  and 
  lowered 
  and 
  raised 
  by 
  means 
  of 
  

   a 
  rope. 
  The 
  number 
  of 
  pots 
  used 
  by 
  each 
  fisherman 
  varies 
  

   in 
  different 
  localities, 
  ranging 
  all 
  the 
  way 
  from 
  eight 
  or 
  ten, 
  

   to 
  one 
  hundred. 
  The 
  average 
  number 
  may 
  be 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  

   about 
  fifty 
  or 
  sixty. 
  The 
  pots 
  are 
  set 
  either 
  singly 
  or 
  

   attached 
  together 
  in 
  trawls, 
  the 
  character 
  of 
  the 
  bottom, 
  

   abundance 
  of 
  lobsters, 
  and 
  custom, 
  regulating 
  this 
  matter. 
  

   When 
  set 
  trawl-fashion, 
  the 
  pots 
  are 
  fastened 
  together 
  in 
  

  

  