ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 87 

 ^^^^Entangliny-lines. 

 12. Tangles. 



Tlie tangles are emijloyed by uatiu-alists for the purpose of gatlieriug small 

 spiny animals^ sucli as sea-iirchius and star-fishes, from the bottom at con- 

 siderable depths. They adhere to the fibers of the spun-yarn in great num- 

 bers. It has been thought that this instrument might advantageously be 

 employed in freeing oyster-beds from their ^Torst enemies, the star-fish. 



§i¥ab-fans:les. 



Swab-tangies. 



26844. Swab-tangle. U. S. Fish Commissiori. 



(Dredge-tangles, used by English collectors.) 



Harroir-tang'Ies. 



Harrow-tangles. 



26845. Models of harrow-tangles. U. S. Fish Commission. Formerly used 



by the Fish Commission, now replaced by the wheel-tangles. 



^Vheel-taiig^le§. 



Wheel-tangles. 



26846. Model of wheel-tangle. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 26848. Wheel-tangles. U. S. Fish Commission. 



III. MISSILES. 



^ Simple missiles {tJiose propelled by the unaided arm). 

 13. Hurled weights. 



Stones and disks (thrown by the hand). 



Weig"hts (dropped from an elevation, dead-falls, not automatic). 



14. Hurled sticks. 

 i^traig^ht sticks. 



Clubs used as missiles. 



Curved sticks. 



Throw-sticks, used by the IVIoqui Indians of New Mexico in hunting 

 rabbits. 



9543-4. Throw-sticks. Used in rabbit-hxmting by Jloqui Indians. New Mex- 

 ico. Dr. Edward Palmer. 



