CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF FOOD-FISHES. 783 
66. “ Round ” Clams. Little Neck, New York. Purchased in Middletown. The 
specimen consisted of 20 clams in the shell. 
139. Mussels. Stony Creek, Connecticut. Long Island Sound. Purchased in Mid- 
dletown. The specimen consisted of one peck containing 208 mussels in the shell. 
Price, 30 cents per peck. Fifty mussels were taken for analysis. 
50. Lobster. Furnished by Mr. Blackford. Two lobsters entire and evidently 
lately caught. 
Weighings in preparation for analysis. 
Parts. 
a. 
b. 
Average. 
Edible portion: 
Grms. 
Grms. 
Grms. 
Body 
118.5 
127.5 
123.0 
Claws 
152.5 
219.5 
186.0 
Tail 
138.0 
131.0 
134.5 
Liquid portion 
54.4 
94.8 
74.6 
Total 
463.4 
572.8 
518.1 
Refuse 
367. 8 
499.5 
433.7 
Loss 
38.8 
30.7 
34.7 
Total weight 
870.0 
1, 103. 0 
986.5 
62. Lobster. Furnished by Mr. Blackford. Locality unknown. 
69. Lobster. Purchased in Newton, Massachusetts. 
239. Lobster. Maine. Furnished by Mr. Blackford. 
64. Crayfish, Cambarus. Species not determined. Furnished by Mr. Blackford. 
The specimen consisted of 21 crayfish, weighing 684.6 grammes, of which the abdo- 
mens (“tails”) weighed 176.6 grams. 
m Weighings in preparation for analysis. 
Grms. 
Cephalothorax 508. 0 
Abdomen : 
Edible portion, flesh 85.5) 
Refuse 83. 8 V 176. 6 
Loss 7. 3 ) 
Total 684. 6 
101. Crabs. (“Hard Crabs.”) Coast of New Jersey. Furnished by Mr. Black- 
ford. The specimen consisted of three entire crabs. They were boiled before the 
flesh was separated from the shells. 
Weighings in preparation for analysis. 
Parts. 
* 
b. 
. 
e. 
Average. 
Flesh 
Grms. 
103.0 
Grms. 
77.0 
Grms. 
105.0 
Grms. 
95.0 
Refuse 
120.5 
103.5 
114.5 
112.8 
Loss 
11.5 
5.7 
4.7 
7.3 
Total 
235.0 
186.2 
224.2 
215.1 
125. Canned round clams. Furnished by Thurber &. Co., New York. One ‘‘one- 
pound ” can, containing 25 clams. The can was labeled “ Little Neck Clams.” 
76. Canned lobster. Purchased in Middletown. The contents weighed 469.5 
grammes. 
121. Canned lobster. Furnished by Thurber & Co., New York. One “one-pound” 
can, labeled “ Thurber’s Egmont Bay Fresh Lobster,” 
