Massachusetts, cave dwellings in, 1; palisados in, 24; venison in, 109; fish in, 123; flax culture in, 179-180; wool-raising in, 188; bounty in, 205; sumptuary laws in, 281-284; outfit for settlers, 286-287; ferries in, 330-331. Matches, first, 50-51. Mazer, 319. Mead, 163. Meeting-house, in Boston, 364, 366; in Salem, 364; in Hingham, 365; descriptions of, 364, 366-369. Metheglin, 163. Metheglin cups, 85. Metzel-soup, 419. Milestones, 335-336. Milford, Conn., palisados in, 24. Milk, price of, 148; use as food, 148. Milk pitchers, names of, 106. Milkweed, for candle wicks, 35, 211. Mill, Indian, 132. Mince-pies, pioneer, 159. Ministers, encourage fisheries, 121. Mittens, fine knitting of, 262; quick knitting of, 262. Modesty-piece, 270-271. Molasses, for New England slave-trade, 163. Monkey spoons, 90. Moore, Thomas, quoted, 348. Mortar, Indian, 132. Morton, quoted, 120-121. Moss-pink, 423. Mount Vernon, description of, 13; weaving at, 237; garden at, 431. Mourning rings. See Rings. Mourning samplers, 268-269. Muffs, worn by men, 298, 386. Mutton, its disuse previous to Revolution, 189, 191. Nails, scarcity of, 11. Napkins, use of, 77. Narragansett, hand-weaving in, 241-244; shift marriages in, 241-242; old quilt in, 275-276; threshing in, 313-314. Needlework, stitches in, 264-265; delicacy of, 265; rules for, 265. Neighborhood, title of settlement, 391. Neighbors, old-time, 388 _et seq._, 395 _et seq._ Netting, 263-264. Nettles, fibre spun, 211. New Amsterdam, first church in, 385; laws about fences in, 401-402. Newman, Rev. Mr., manner of work, 33. Newburyport, house at, 27; straw bleaching at, 261; sumptuary laws in, 283; fines in, 374. New England, houses in, 15; candle-wood in, 32; lobsters in, 117; fisheries in, 117-124; Indian corn in, 127-136; mills in, 131-133; pumpkins in, 142-143; potatoes in, 144; squashes in, 144; milk and ministers in, 148; churns in, 149; cider in, 161-162; rum in, 163-164; slavery in, 164; wool-raising in, 188-189; taverns in, 356-357; watchmen in, 363; meeting-houses in, 365 _et seq._; summons to meeting in, 368; Sunday observance in, 378 _et seq._; "taste of dinner in," 418; old-time gardens in, 421 _et seq._ New Hampshire, candle-wood in, 32; potatoes in, 144; pioneer mince-pies in, 159; wheelwrights in, 176; flax manufacture in, 180, 236; fine knitting in, 269; birch brooms in, 304. New Haven, restrictions in, 392. New London, mill at, 133. Newport, box plants at, 430; garden in, 437-438.