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Pi'©ddiM§"-iii8li'Maiieiats. 

 Probing-awls. 



Used in iiierciug tlie base of the braiu iu killiag fisfi for the table. 



29418. Large steel prod, suitable for large fish. A. R. Crittenden, Middle- 

 town, Conn. 



II. IMPLEMENTS FOR SEIZURE OF OBJECT. 



^Scooping -instruments. 



6. Scoops. 



]For liand-use. 



Clam-sliovels. 



. ' Long-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



26716. 1 Short-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Oyster-shovels. 



26717. (Model, with Chesapeake oyster-canoe. No. 25003). T. 13. Ferguson, 



Maryland Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Trowels used in taking burrowing shore animals. 



. Collector's trowel (flat). To be supplied. 



. Collector's trowel (round). " 



Hand-scoops used in collecting mollusks. 



. ' Spoon-scoop. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Bait-ladles. 



32652. "Bait-heaver" (straight). Gloucester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



32653. "Bait-heaver" (one-sided). " " 



HaBad-dredg"es (used in collecting mollusks). 



26718. Tin hand-dredge. U. S. Fish Commission. 



PiDe-scrapers. 



26719. Frame of pile-scraper. U. S. Fish Commission. 



1 It is thought unnecessary to exhibit these familiar implements. 



