J'ISHEKIES ol' HIE UNITED STATE!<. 127 



APPARATUS xVCCESSOKY TO RIGGING FISHING- VESSELS. 

 Rest for bariJoou, Sec. 



11:101-2. Rest for liai'iKiDii and liow ami .nrow. Alontian Islands. Vimcnt 

 Colyor. 

 U.sod on deck of kyak. . 



Ills). Siiear-holdcr. Used by Eskuuo, Aiuli-rson Kivt r. K. MacFarl.ino. 

 7430. .Spcar-holdcr. I-'ort Anderson. R. MacFarlane. 



PKESEliVATIVI': jn.UlDS AND I'AINTS. 



32801. Nelson's patent canvas juvservini;' solution. Cliresu-n Nehsou, Glou- 



eester, Mass. 

 Thi.s solution i.s used to preserv*^ canvas from injury by exposure to the 

 weather, in any climate. Sails, &c., treated with the solution do not 

 mildew or become .stained in the least, but retain the appearance of new 

 cauvas after haviujj; been treated, and are as stronj-- as when new. 



32802. Piece of canvas .showing the operation of Nelson's preserving solu- 



tion. Chresten Nelson, Gloucester, Mass. 

 This piece of canvas was exjiosed to the weather ou damp ground lor six 

 months, after half had been saturated with the preserving solutiou. 



32803. Piece of canvas .showing the operation of Nelson's preserving solu- 

 tion. Chresten Nelson, Gloucester, Mass. 



This i)iece of canvas was exi)osed to the weather, ou damp ground, for 

 two seasons, after one-half liad b(»en thoroughly saturated with the pre- 

 ■ servative solutiou. 



39430. Tan- and Wouson's copper iiaint for the bottoms of vessels. Tarr & 

 Wonson, Gloucester, Mass. 



25. Camp outfit. 

 SHF/LTEE. 



42834. i'ortable she Iter-teut, ox^en front, with curtain. Dimensions 6 feot by 

 7 feet. U. S. Fish Commission. (C. B. &- M.) 



FUKNITUEE. 



Beds, mattresses, blankets, «&c. 



39259. Patent elastic felt mattress and life-preserver. H. D. Ostermoor, 

 New York. 



•'The mattress consists of several sheets or thicknesses of raw cotton 

 which have been acted upon while under pressure by a preparation, the 

 character of which is a secret to the manufactirrers. These sheets of ( ot- 

 ton are inclosed iu ordinary bed ticking of good (quality, and the mattress 

 is similar in appearance to the hair mattress of commou use. 



"In the <iuality of softness, elasticity, and general comfort, it is excellent 

 and will be regarded bj- most persons as superior in this respect to the 

 best hair. This mattress, which is six feet six inches long, by two feet 

 nine inches wide, and five inches thick, supported one man of about 1.^0 

 pounds weight, with an additional grate-bar, weighing 50 pounds, mak- 

 ing 200 pounds aggregate, without siuking enough to wet the upper side 

 of the mattress; it sup]»orted two such men with ease, only wetting their 

 feet .1 little. After twentv-four hours' lloating, the ticking having become 



