126 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



APPAEATUS ACCESSORY TO RIGGmG FISH^G- VESSELS. 

 Box liook. 



Used in closing boxes packed full of fish. 

 3-209.'). Box hook or " devil's claw." Gloiicester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



Barrel-lifters. 



Used for stowing away mackerel-kegs in holds of vessels. 



29291. Barrel-lifters. "Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



32679. Chime barrel-hooks. Gloucester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



32680. Bilg(! hooks. Gloucester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



Ice-liooks. 



For lifting ice on vessel from wharf. 

 32G74. Ice-hooks. Gloucester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



Ice mallets. 



39191. Ice mallet (large). U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used in the hold for crushing ice used iii packing fresh fish. 



39192. Ice mallet (small). U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used in winter on deck of fishing vessels to break the ice on the rig- 



Lance-books. 



Fastened on side of whale-boat to hang lance on. 



25919. Lunce-hooks. E.B. & F. Macy, New Bedford, Mass. 



Grappling gear. 



Used to recover lost trawls. 



25935. Grappling gear. A. McCnrdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



22223. Grappling-iron. Used as net and boat anchor about the mouth of 

 the George's River, Maine. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 



Marline spikes. 



29418. Splicer or pricker. Used for splicing trawl-lines. Wilcox, Critten- 



den & Co., Middletown, Conn. 

 29455. Marline spike. Made from the jawbone of sperm whale. Robert D. 

 Baxter, Provincetown, Mass, 



29419. Marline spike. Made from the jawbone of whale. Frank O. Blake, 



Portland, Me. 



25147. Sail makers' marline spike. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, 



[Conn. 



25148. Sailmakers' marline i)ricker. " " 



25164. Series of marline spikes. " " 



25146. Series of hickory hand fids. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, 



Conn. 

 25672. Copper marline spike. Made at sea by Thomas Freeman. Used for 



si)licing trawl-lines. Sanford Freeman, Xorwichport, Mass. 

 32693. Splicer. Gloucester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



