HISTORY OF THE FISHES OF MASSACHUSETTS. 



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Number of Mackerel caught in 1 847, 



i 

 Date. 



1 



Whole Number. 



Sold Ftesh 



Stock:, 



Nuuiber fcdlted. 



Large 



Small. 



June 1, 



442 



245 



197 



$ 13.39 





2, 



189 



m 



123 



4.95 



1 



3, 



268 



111 



157 



7.12 



j j 



4, 



262 



180 



82 



8.84 





5, 











1 



Sunday. 













7, 



368 



176 



192 



10.55 





8, 



326 



163 



163 



8.80 



t 



" 9, 



261 



90 



171 



7.09 





« 10, 













" 11, 



18 



9 



9 



.94 





" 12, 













Sunday. 













« 14, 



654 



263 



391 



20.17 





" 15, 



410 









410 



" 16, 



1,172 



384 



788 



27.60 



i 



f 



" 17, 



271 



70 



201 



3.08 



k 



" 18, 



346 



75 



271 



4.10 



f 



" 19, 



460 









460 1 



Sunday. 













" 21, 



426 



92 



334 



10.64 



1 



" 22, 











1 



" 23, 



262 



53 



209 



6.30 



; 



" 24, 













" 25, 



888 



100 





2.10 



788 



" 26, 



242 









242 



Sunday. 













» 28, 



14 







Price not named. 





" 29, 



102 



18 



84 



u 



i 



By small mackerel in the table is meant those about half the size of the largest ; they 

 are culled out by the jSshermen, and sold for about half the price of the largest* The 

 salted mackerel are generally contracted for by some purchaser for a certain price (in 

 Captain Atwood's case, for 5 per barrel), to be delivered at his wharf within a month 

 or two from the time they are taken. 



This species revisits our shores again in the autumn, but is not taken in such quantities 

 as in the spring of the year. Thus in the months of October and November, 1847, there 

 were taken, by tbirty-jfive fishermen who followed this business, 1,076 barrels full, which 

 were packed ; and $ 783.73 worth, which were sold fresh. 



These mackerel are inspected at the wharf, before they are barrelled, and are of four 

 distinct qualities. 



The first must be 13 inches long, from the tip of the snout to the notch of the caudal 

 fin. The second is under 13 inches in length, but fat The third comprises those which 



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