130 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Folding or jerk nets. 



Menliaden piirse-seines. 



26, 120. Modol of mackerel piirse-seiue. Americau Net aud Twiue Com- 

 pany, Boston, Mass. 



These ■ purse-seines range in length from 120 to 220 fathoms, and from 

 750 to 1,000 meshes in depth, reaching the depth of 20 to 30 fathoms of 

 water. The average mesh is 2^ inches. They are made of tine Sea-Island 

 cotton twine, aud cost from $750 to $1,500 complete. About 300 are now 

 in use on the coast of North America. The j)ursiug weight varies from 

 100 to 150 pounds. 



26122-26125. Model of purse-seine. American Net and Twine Company, 

 Boston, Mass. 



90 to 150 fathoms in length, 300 to 650 meshes in depth, 1| to 2f fine 

 Sea-Island twiue. Wings, 9 to 12; bag, 15 to 21, coarse. 



25179. Snatch-block used in pursing-seiue. Higgins & Gifford, Gloucester, 



Mass. 

 25186. Ring or thimble for pursing-seiue. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Mid- 



dletown, Conn. 



Cast-nets : 



Miillet cast-nets. 

 Pompano cast-nets. 

 Bait cast-nets. 



25046. Casting-net. Diameter 4| feet. William E. Hooper & Sons, Balti- 

 more, Md. 



26799. Mullet cast-net. Diameter 5^ feet, l|-inch mesh. 



26800. Shrimp cast-net. Diameter 4^ feet, f-iuch mesh. 



OlaiJ-nets for birds. 

 Kabbit spring-nets. 

 Spring-weirs (St. Lawrence). 

 Sieve- traps (for birds). 



(Accenisory.) Parts of nets and apparatus for manufacture. 

 Raw material of nets. 

 Babiche. (See under D. 20.) 

 Netting-fiber. 

 Netting-twine. 



C59. Nettiug-twiue. Indians. Northwest coast of America. G. Gibbs. 

 14432. Fiber used for making nets. Pi-Utc Indians. Southern Utah. Maj. 



.7. W. Powell. 

 29376. 38 bales of white netting-twiuc. American Net aud Twine Company, 

 Boston, Mass. 



■ Samples of netting hung to lines. William E. Hooper «& Sons, 

 Baltimore, Md. : 



2.')048. 1-iuch mesh, 12 thread, 1 fathom long, 2 feet deep. 



25049. n " 12 "1 "2 " 

 'J5047. 11 " 12 " 1 " 2 " 

 25051. U " 12 " 1 " 2 " 



25050. 2 " 12 "1 "2 " 



