FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 89 



SINKERS. 



39428. Patent iuljustable floats ami sinkers. Bradford & Anthony. 



25G07. Hand-liue sinkers. Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. A. R. 



Crittenden. 

 2945G. Cod-lead mold. Used to make ft>rm in molding. John B. Parsons, 



Rockport, Mass. 

 1.5591. Sinker made of walrus ivory. Poruoox Eskimos, Alaska. H. W. 



Elliott. 



Net-siukei's. 



29393. Net-rings or sinkers. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletowu, Conn. 

 22229. Pnrse-net ring and tliimble. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, 

 Conn. 



SWIVELS. 



25798. Horn cod-line swivel. Much used in olden time by Grand and 

 George's Banks fishermen. George B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 



25945. Cod-line swivel. Central Wharf Company, Gloucester, Mass. 



26017. Cod-line gauge-swivel. A. R. Crittenden, Middletown, Conn. 



25944-6. Patent gange-swivel. Used in cod-fishing. Central Wharf Com- 

 pany, Gloucester, Mass. 



29487. Haddock-gange swivel. Showing mode of fastening. Lemuel Cook, 

 2d, Provincetown, Mass. 



32713. Buoy-swivel (new style). A. Voss, Gloucester, Mass. 



32694. Buoy-swivel (old style). To prevent the buoy-line from twisting' 

 Gloucester. U. S. Fish Commission. 



25942. Halibut -gauge. Showing mftde of fastening on the hook. A. R. Crit- 

 tenden. 



29457. Shark-hook swivel. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



29395. Primitive trawl-buoy swivels. George B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 



29476. Halibut trawl-buoy swivel. Used by the George's Banks fishermen. 

 Aniasa Taylor, Provincetown, Mass. 



29498. Trawl-buoy swivels. Alex. McCurdy, East Gloucester, Mass. 



25187. Trawl-buoy rope swivel. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, 

 Conn. 



2.5946. Trawl-buov rope swivel. Central Whai-f Company, Provincetovni, 



Mass. 

 32659. Patent hawse-swivel, for George's fishing. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 .39178. Old style horn swivel, made in 1800. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 39179. Old stvle wooden swivel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



FLOATS. 



Line-floats of wood, cork, and qnill. 



2.5681. Egg-shaped floats. Wm. M. Young, Philadelphia, Peun. 

 2.5662. Barrel-shaped floats. " " 



42874. Egg-shaped floats. U. S. Fish Commission. (C. B. & M.) 

 42874. Barrel-shaped floats. " '• 



Harpoon-floiits of bladder, inflated sliin, and wood. 



20898. Seal-skin buoy. Sitka, Alaska. J. G. Swan. 

 19515. Seal-skin buoy. North Greenland. G. Y. Nickersou. 

 827, 4970. Seal-skin buoy with rope. Makah Indians. Neeah Bay, Puget 

 Sound, W^ T. J. G. Swan. 



