LIST OF PLATES TO SECTION V. 



* [Engraved by the Photo-Engraving Company of Now York City.] 



(Page references to Volumes I and II of text.) 



THE FRESH HALIBUT FISHERY. 



VoL Page. 



1. Halibut schooner under jib, foresail, and double-reefed mainsail; nests of dories on deck amid- 



ships; rigged for fall and winter fishiug I, 



Drawing by Capt. J. W. Collins. 



2. Halibut schooner in summer rig, two topmasts up and all sails spread .. I, 



Drawing by Capt. J. W. Collins. (Engraved by Photo-Electrotype Company.) 



3. FIG. 1. Sectional plan of halibut schooner. (See page opposite plate for explanation) I, 



FIG. 2. Deck plan of halibut schooner. (See page opposite plate for explanation) 9 



Drawings by Capt. J. W. Collins. 



4. Sectional plan of well-smack employed in the fresh halibut fishery ou George's Bank, 183G to 1845. 



(See page opposite plate for explanation) 



Drawing by Capt. J. W. Collins. 



5. FIG. 1. Bait chopper 



FIG. 2. Bait slivering knife 



FIG. 3. Halibut killer and gob stick I, 



FIG. 4. Woolen hand nipper 



FIG. 5. Halibut gaff I, 1' 



FIG. 0. Trawl buoy and black ball I> 



FIG. 7. Canvas skate for section of trawl I> 



FIG. 8. Dory scoop 10 



Drawings by Capt. J. W. Collins. 



6. FIG. 1. Hurdy-gurdy to haul trawls in deep water I, 10,11,10 



FlG. 2. Dory showing mode of attaching and using the hurdy-gurdy I, 10, 11, 10 



FIG. 3. Trawl roller attached to dory gunwale for hauling trawls in shoal water.. I, 10 



Drawings by Capt. .1. \V. Collins. 



7. Cutting bait and baiting trawls on halibut schooner at anchor ou the fishing grounds. . ... I, 12 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



8. Dories and crew ou the way to haul the trawls; the schooner at anchor under riding sail I, 13-10 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. "W. Collins. 



9. Halibut dory and crew hauling the trawl, gaffing and clubbing the halibut I, 10 



Drawing by H. VT. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



10. Dory and crew caught to leeward in a storm while hauling the trawl ; trawl-buoy and line drifted 



astern of the vessel for their rescue I, 10,80 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



11. Halibut schooner at anchor on the Grand Bank in winter, riding out a gale I, 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



12. Halibut schooner "lyiug-to :) in a gale on the Bank, under riding sail and doublti-ivrfrd foresail. I, 



Drawing by El. W. Elliott and Capt. J. \V. Colliua. 



13. Halibut schooner tripped by a hi ;i\ \ si a 



Drawing by H. TV. Elliott and C:ij>t. J. W. Collins. 



14. Halibut schooner in winter, head-reaching under short sail I, 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott and Capt. J. W. Collins. 



