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TABLE OF CONTENTS. 

Preface, 

Early Fisheries of Cape Ann (illus. with models of fishing vessels), 
A Remarkable Escape on Board Sch. Codseeker, 
Gloucester Harbor in 1806 (illustrated with map), . 
A Winter's Trip to Georges (illlustrated), .... 
Table, giving Prices of Mackerel for the Past 52 Years, . 
Leaves from a Log-Book — Remarkable Adventures, etc. (illustrated) 
Notable Fishing Fares (illustrated), . 
The Old-Time Fishery at 'Squam, . 
Homeward Bound, ...... 
Products of the Gloucester Fisheries, 
Return of the Dories (illustrated). 
Quick Passages (illustrated), .... 
Song of the Winter Fisherman, 
First Trips, ....... 
Large Fish (illustrated), ..... 
Gloucester Harbor in 1830 (illustrated), . 
U. S. Fish Commission — Summer Headquarters in Gloucester, 
Around Cape Ann, ...... 
Sch. Sultana Towed by a Whale (illustrated), . 
Loss of Sch. Henrietta Greenleaf, . 
Gill-Net Codfishing in Ipswich Bay (illustrated), 
A Day at the Beach (illustrated). 
In Memoriam. List of Lost Men and Vessels of the Port of Gloucester from 1874 to 1881, inclusive. 
Table, giving the Losses for 52 Years, 
Welcome Home — A Romance in a Fisherman's Life (illustrated), 
The Fisher-Boy in the Storm (illustrated). 
Halibut Fishing among the Ice Floes, 
List of Vessels Belonging to the Port of Gloucester in 1850 (illus.). 
The Phantom Boat, ..... 
A Trawling Trip (illustrated), .... 
Massachusetts Mackerel Catch for 74 Years, . 
The Fortune Bay Riot, ..... 
Importance of Fish Culture (illustrated), . 
The Fisheries of the Olden Time, . 
Salmon Fishing at the Mouth of the Columbia River, Oregon (illus.) 
On the Beach in a Storm (illustrated). 
Narrow Escape of Sch. David A. Story (illustrated). 
Hammerhead Shark — The Shark's Mouth — Shark Fishing (illus.). 
No More Sea, 
Fishermen's Superstitions, ...... 
The Old Fort and Gloucester Harbor in 1837 (illustrated), 
Foreign Commerce of Gloucester (illustrated). 
Fishermen Coming into Port. From the Home of the Fish to the 
Table of the Consumer (illustrated). 
The Regatta (illustrated), 
A Night in Boston Bay, ....... 
Truthful and Startling Accounts of Tough Times, etc. (illustrated). 
The Frenchman's Stew and the Disgusted Irishmen, 
Dory Voyages across the Atlantic (illustrated), On Board a Mackerel Catcher, 
The Merry, Merry Mackerel Catchers (illustrated), Saving the Cable, ........ 
A Summer Trip to Georges (illustrated), .... 
Rob's First Cruise (illustrated), 
Lost in the Fog (illustrated), 
Crippled on the " Home Stretch " (illustrated), 
The December Gales of 1876 (illustrated), 
Fearful Experience on Board Sch. Howard, 
Thacher's Island, ........ 
Foundering of Sch. Almon Bird, ..... 
The Harbor Bar (illustrated), 
Ninety-Three Voyages to Surinam (illustrated), Recollections of a Veteran Fisherman, .... Making a Harbor in a Snow Storm, .... 
An Old Boat (illustrated), 
Hand-Line Mackerel Fishing, 
"Setting Under Sail," 
[n a Fog on the Banks (illustrated), .... 
Lines on the Loss of Sch. Guy Cunningham and in Memory of her 
Master, Capt. Daniel O'Brien, 
Around the Wharves of Old Gloucester Half a Century Ago, 
The Jolly Yachtsman (illustrated), 
The Haddock Fisheries — Then and Now, 
A Mackerel Catcher Dressing Her Fare by Moonlight (illustrated), 
Frightened by the Moon, 
Gloucester Harbor (illustrated), 
Adventures of Capt. Richard Murphy, .... 
The Open Sea, 
Gloucester's Exhibition at the Centennial, 
The Widow's Appeal to the Winds and Sea (illustrated), 
Picking the Nets and Trawls (illustrated), 
A Fishing Party (illustrated), 
"Not a Bene," ........ 
The Mackerel Pocket, or "Spiller," .... 
On the Loss of the "Royal George," .... 
A Banker Discharging Her Fare (illustrated), . 
Loss of Life and Vessel Property from January i to April i, 1882, 
List of Vessels Comprising the Gloucester Fishing Fleet, and their 
Owners or Fitters,

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