THE ECONOMIC MOLLUSCA OF ACADIA. 
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In Canada it is fast assuming great importance, as the 
following table will show. They are officially considered to 
be worth $4.00 per barrel, though in certain instances much 
higher prices are quoted. To find the number of barrels 
divide the value by four. 
VALUE OF SQUID TAKEN IN THE MARITIME PROVINCES FROM 1881 TO 1887. 
1881. 
1882. 
1883. 
1884. 
1885. 
1886. 
1887. 
New Brunsw’k 
$ 500 
$ 208 
17,464 
$ 1,972 
10,732 
$ 1,392 
12,556 
$ 2,256 
17,576 
$ 2,816 
121,280 
Nova Scotia. . . 
$9,600 
13,200 
Total, .... 
$9,600 
$13,700 
$17,672 
$12,704 
$13,948 
$19,832 
$124,096 
Prince Edward Island sends no returns. In New Bruns- 
wick they are caught chiefly in Charlotte and Gloucester 
counties, and in Nova Scotia in Guysborough, Halifax, Vic- 
toria and Inverness counties. Large quantities are also taken 
•on the Coast of Quebec from the St. Lawrence River to Blanc 
•Sablon in Labrador. 
The Squid is universally taken by means of a “ jig.” This is 
a cylindrical piece of lead two inches long, having an eye at 
its upper end, and at its lower a circle of radially arranged, 
unbaited hooks with the points upwards. These are moved 
(Up and down in the midst of the schools of Squid, and when 
•one is hooked (no bait is used) it is quickly drawn up. In 
using it for bait it is usually cut into three pieces, thus bait- 
ing three hooks. When possible it is used fresh, but upon 
long voyages it has to be salted. It is the best bait for cod 
Iknown to the fishermen. 
In addition to its use as bait it has been employed in New- 
foundland as a fertilizer. Ordinarily, it is far too valuable to 
>be used for this purpose, but when great masses of them are 
thrown upon the beaches, as they sometimes are, it would be 
^well for the farmers in the vicinity to remember that they 
