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At Smith's ranch, near the head of Drake's Bay, Marin County, is one Spaniard who, together 

 with two Italians and one Austrian, is engaged in seine and gili-net fishing. The joint catch of 

 these four fishermen will probably equal 50,000 pounds per annum. They send their fish every 

 morning to Marshall's, from whiot place these men came to Drake's Bay, and whither they will 

 return as soon as the fishing in Tomale's Bay improves. They catch chiefly "smelt." 



22. THE GREEK FISHEEMEN ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



There are in all fifty-five Greeks employed as fishermen on the Pacific coast of the United 

 States. 



Fifty of them live in San Francisco, where, with fishermen of many races, they fish with the 

 drag-net. 



At Seattle, Washington Territory, there is a company of three Greeks, who fish with seines 

 along the shore, obtaining young salmon, flounders, &c., which are sold in a stall in the town. 

 During the salmon season these Greeks go to the Columbia Eiver to engage in the salmon fishery. 

 The other two Greeks have settled at Port Madison, Washington Territory. 



23. THE AUSTRIAN FISHERMEN ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



In Marin County, California, there is one Austrian engaged in fishing with one Spaniard and 

 two Italians at the head of Drake's Bay. 



There are eleven Austrians engaged in fishing in Washington Territory. Three are at New 

 Tacoma. They either salt their fish or ship them fresh to Portland. 



At Seattle there are five Austrians who fish with hook and line in the deeper waters of the 

 bay, obtaining halibut, black bass, horse-mackerel, merluch, pollock, tomcod, &c. The remaining 

 three fish at Port Madison, Washington Territory. 



24. FRENCH FISHERMEN ON THE PACIFIC COAST. 



In Los Angeles County, California, at Wilmington, there are 6 Frenchmen, who combine 

 hook-and-line fishing with the gathering of abalones. They own two boats, the Wild Region and 

 the Josephine, which average about three-fourths of a ton each. 



In San Francisco County there are 15 Frenchmen. The remark made concerning the Portu- 

 guese in San Francisco will equally apply to the French fishermen of that city. 



There are 2 or 3 Frenchmen employed in collecting frogs in Marin, San Mateo, and Kern 

 Counties. These frogs they sell at from $1.75 to $4 per dozen. 



In Washington Territory, at Port Madison, there is one Frenchman engaged in fishing. The 

 principal fish sought at that point are perch and flounders, which are dried by the Chinese and 

 Indians. Probably this French fisherman joins them in their work. 



On the Columbia River, Oregon, engaged in the salmon fishery, there are 200 Frenchmen, and 

 on the Sacramento and other salmon rivers there are about 50 more Frenchmen. 



25; SOUTHERN EUROPEAN FISHERMEN OF SAN FRANCISCO. 



A writer in the San Francisco Bulletin in May or June, 1875, thus described the European 

 fishermen of that city : 



" Their dark faces and sangainary shirts, their hoarse voices, and, above all, their picturesque 

 lateen sails have a decided flavor in them of foreign waters. In fact, almost to a man, at some time 



