FISHERIES OF THE UNITKD STATES. 113 



BOATS. 



'Himtiug-skififs. 



Used for liuntiug and fishing in inouutain lakes. 

 25681. Adiroudack boat. (Model; scale, | inch to the foot.) Frederick D. 

 Graves, maker, Boston, Mass. 

 Dimensions ; 15 feet long, 3 feet 6 inches wide ; weight, 75 to 80 pounds. 

 For the use of sportsmen this boat is claimed to excel, on account of its 

 extreme lightness and durahilitij, one man being able by means of a yoke to 

 carry the same to any distance without fatigue. This boat is also adapted 

 for family pur]50ses, the patent roidoclc enabling the most inexperienced 

 rower of either sex to propel the boat with ease and jierfect safety, and 

 without any possible chance of losing the oars. 

 25899. Ausable boat. (Model.) D. L. Fitzhugh, jr., Bay City, Mich. 



Used in trout and grayling fishing, with well for live tisk, 

 Length, 16 feet ; sides 12 inches high inside, 2 feet 10 inches 

 wide on top, 2 feet 4 inches at bottom. 

 26624. Saint Lawrence boat. Henry Sweetman, Clayton, N. Y. 



Used in trolling in the Thousand Island region. Length, 19 feet; 

 width, 43 inches. 

 25053. Alexandria Bay boat. (Model.) Cornwall & Walton, Alexandria, N. Y, 

 Used for hunting and fishing in the Adirondacks and the Saint 

 Lawrence. 



Sea boats. 



24999. New England surf-boat. (Model ; scale, 2 inches to the foot.) Cra/- 



giu «S: Sheldon, makers, Boston, Mass. 

 Used in harbor, lake, and river fisheries. 



25001. Whitehallboat(18feet). (Model; scale, 2 inches to the foot.) Cra- 



gin & Sheldon, Boston, Mass. 



25000. Shix^'s yawl. (Model; scale, 2 inches to the foot.) Cragin &, Shel- 



don, Boston, Mass. 



Carried by coasters and fishing smacks. 

 22216. San Francisco yawl. (Model.) Livingston Stone. 



Used by Italian fishermen on coast of California. 

 25028. Nantucket harbor boat. (Model; scale, 1 inch to the foot.) W. H. 

 Chase. 

 Used in harbor fishing. 



Oyster-canoes. 



42758. Chesapeake oyster-pungy. (Model.) Major T. B. Ferguson. 



25003. Chesapeake oyster-canoe (made from two logs). (Model; scale, 1 

 inch to the foot.) Major T. B. Ferguson, Maryland Fish Com- 

 mission. 

 Used for oyster-raking in Chesapeake Bay. 



39151. (Model.) Chesapeake oyster-canoe. 



25002. Chesapeake canoe-pungy. (Model; scale, 1 inch to the foot.) Major 



T. B. Ferguson, Maryland Fish Commission. 

 Used in oyster-dredging in Chesapeake Bay. 



42757. Chesapeake canoe-pungy. (Model.) Major T. B. Ferguson, Mary- 

 laud Fish Commission. 



3933(5. Photograph. " View of Pratt St. Wharf, Baltimore, showing fleefc 

 of oyster boats." R. H. Edmonds, Baltimore, Md. 



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