Whaling rocket

Boat fastened to whale by harpoon and line; killing the whale with bomb lance From painting by J. S. Ryder

Natives harpooning the beluga, or white whale, at Cook's Inlet, Alaska Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883

Aleuts planting glass, obsidian, and jade darts in school of humpback whales At Akoon Island, Bering Sea, Alaska Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883

Makah Indians whaling at entrance to Fuca Straits Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883

Cutting in the bowhead and sperm whales Drawings by Capt. C. M. Scammon and Capt. W. M. Barnes

Fig. 1. Boat spade to stop running whale. Fig. 2 Narrow cutting spade or thin boat spade. Fig. 3. Flat or round shank spade Fig. 4. Cutting spade for scarfing blubber. Fig. 5 Cutting spade for leaning up. Fig. 6. Half-round spade

Cutting blocks and tackle

A ship on the Northwest coast of America cutting in her last right whale Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Russell

"Bailing in the case " of a sperm whale Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Russell

Fig. 1. Blubber mincing knife. Fig. 2. Boarding knife. Fig. 3. Monkey-belt Fig. 4. Wooden toggle. Fig. 5. Chain-strap. Fig. 6. Throat-chain Fig. 7. Fin toggle. Fig. 8. Head-strap. Fig. 9. Blubber hook

Whale ships at New Bedford wharf; ship hove down for repairs; oil-casks From photograph by U. S. Fish Commission

Capture of a school of blackfish in Cape Cod Bay Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a sketch by J. S. Ryder

Indian porpoise hunters of Passamaquoddy Bay Canoe, rifle, and lance for capture of porpoise From a photograph by T. W. Smillie

Passamaquoddy Bay Indians lancing and securing a porpoise From a photograph by T. W. Smillie

Innuits of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska Surprising and harpooning a herd of walrus Drawing by H. W. Elliott

The walrus "coup." Eskimo lancing the exhausted walrus Saint Lawrence Island, Bering Sea. Mahlemut dresses, bidarka, baidar, &c. Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Innuits of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, hoisting a walrus Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Map of St. Paul's Island, Prybilov Group Surveyed and drawn April 1873, to July, 1874, by Henry W. Elliott

Map of St. George Island, Prybilov Group Surveyed and drawn April 1873, to July, 1874, by Henry W. Elliott

Profiles of the east coast of Saint Paul's Island Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Ordinary attire of men on the killing ground And of women and young children in the village Drawing by H. W. Elliott

The North shore of Saint Paul's Island, looking W.SW From the summit of Hutchinson's Hill

The North Rookery, looking west to Starry Ateel Saint George Island, village of Saint George Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Natives selecting a drive View over hauling grounds of "holluschickie" or bachelor seals at English Bay Looking from Tolstoi dunes Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Natives driving the "holluschickie." The drove passing over the lagoon flats Heading to the killing grounds under the village hill, Saint Paul's Island Drawing by H. W. Elliott

The killing gang at work. Method of slaughtering fur-seals On the killing grounds near the village, Saint Paul's Island Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Preparing fur-seal-skins for shipment Fig. 1. Interior of salt-house, Saint Paul's Island Natives salting and assorting the pelts Fig. 2. The flensed carcass of a fur-seal and the skin taken therefrom Fig. 3. A bundle of skins ready for shipment

Sketch map of Herd's Island, Antarctic Ocean Latitude: 53 degrees 10 minutes South. Longitude: 73 degrees 30 minutes East

Working sea-elephants at northeast point, Herd's Island Drawing by H. W. Elliott after Capt. H. C. Chester

Stripping sea-elephant blubber and rolling it in barrels to try-works Southwest beach, Herd's Island Drawing by H. W. Elliott after Capt. H. C. Chester

Natives capturing the sea-lion; springing the alarm Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1873

Shooting the old males; spearing the surround; the drive Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1872

Natives corraling sea-lions at the Barrabora, under Cross Hill Northeast point of Saint Paul's Island Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Oil-pouches of sea-lion stomach; seal meat frame Bidarrah covered with sea-lion skins; sealer's houses Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Aleuts sea-otter hunting south of Saanak Island The bidarkies waiting for the otter to rise again Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Diving for logger-head turtle; Morehead City, North Carolina Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883

Oyster dredging steamer at work in Long Island Sound

Chesapeake Bay oyster dredges From specimens in U. S. National Museum

Oyster tongs and nippers

Fig. 1. Enclosed dock for oyster vessels at Perth Amboy, New Jersey Fig. 2. "The Creek" at Keyport, New Jersey, with oyster boats, skiffs, and scows Drawings by Ernest Ingersoll

A Lake's Bay shipping-house and "platform" for freshening oysters Smith's Landing, Lake's Bay, New Jersey Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll

Oyster-barges at foot of West Tenth street, North River, New York City Drawing by Ernest Ingersoll

Opening or shucking oysters in Baltimore packing house From a photograph

Baltimore oyster-shucking trough. Oyster knives of diverse patterns Used in New England, New York, and the Chesapeake region

Clam-diggers' boats and shucking-houses at Essex, Massachusetts From photograph by T. W. Smillie

Opening or shucking clams at Essex, Massachusetts From photograph by T. W. Smillie

Negroes trawling for crabs on the Virginia and North Carolina coast Drawing by H. W. Elliott

Dory fishermen hauling lobster pots off Cape Ann, Massachusetts From photograph by T. W. Smillie

Lobster fishing boats of Bristol, Maine Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins