Chapter 1

RUN DOWN DURING A SQUALL 359

ILLUSTRATIONS

Stripping Cod at Sea on a Winter Morning _Frontispiece_

Whale Harpoon Gun Loaded } FACING PAGE Finback Whale Being Struck } 14

Finback Whale Sounding } Lancing Finback } 28 Pumping Carcass with Air } Dead Finback Set Adrift }

Spearing Seals at Sea 46

Holluschickie Hauling Up } 64 Old Bull Seals Fighting }

Bull Fur Seal Charging } 78 Snapshotting an Old Beachmaster }

Haul of Herring at Gastineau Channel, Alaska 90

Typical Seal Rookery Half Abandoned 102

Native Salmon Trap } 116 Modern Salmon Trap }

Trout Fry. "Millions of These Hatched Yearly" 128

Hatcheries for Landlocked Salmon 138

Atlantic Salmon Leaping } 146 Pacific Salmon Leaping }

Sea-Serpent Caught by Colin } 154 Sea-Serpent Stranded }

Where the Big Tuna was Caught } 170 The Largest Sunfish }

Octopus Caught at Santa Catalina } 190 Squid Caught at Santa Catalina }

Headquarters of Fisheries Bureau } 202 Largest Seine in World }

The Pool Where the Dog Was Devoured 224

Early Bird Passing the Aquarium 238

The Gorgeous Submarine World } 250 The Gardens of the Sea }

Young Sponge on Cement Disk } 264 Sheepswool Sponge }

Manta or Giant Sea-Devil 276

Winter on the Great Lakes } 284 Winter Work on Inland Streams }

Clamming on the Mississippi } 296 Barge-loads of Mussels }

Landing the Paddle-fish 306

Climbing up the Wheel } 318 Biggest Fresh-water Fish in America }

The Blue Wing at the Fish Trap 328

Hatchery, Woods Hole } 336 Residence, Woods Hole }

"What Shall We Get this Time?" } 346 "Here's a New One, Boys!" }

Catching Swordfish with Rod and Reel 356

Clammer Raking for Quahaugs } 370 Oysterman Tonging }

Testing the Ocean's Crop 378

THE BOY WITH THE U. S. FISHERIES