FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 101 



VI. TRAPS. 



20. Pen-traps. 



POCKET-TRAPS. 



Fish-slides : 



Shad-slides, used in the rivers of North Carolina. ^ 



25830. Fish-slide. Used in James River, Yirgiuia. Scale 1 inch to the foot. 



J. G. Adam. 

 2.5831. Fish-slide (with box). ITsed in rivers of Virginia. Scale 1 iuch to 

 the foot. J. G. Adam. 



LABYRINTH-TRxVPS. 



Weirs, or pounds. 



12102. Bar- weir. Used in Bay of Fuudy herriug fisheries. Scale, 1 inch to 



15 feet. Capt. U. S. Treat, Eastport, Me. 

 12106. Salmon-weir. Usen in rivers of Maine. Dennis River. Scale, 1 



inch to 8^ feet. Prof. S. F. Baird. 

 23833. Model of heart-weir. American Net and Twine Company. 

 26841. Model of heart-weir. 

 25750. Model of pound-net. Used in Lake Michigan. Scale, 3+ feet to 1 



inch. Waukegau, 111. D. D. Parmalee. 

 24885. Model of weir, or heart-net. Used on southern coast of New Eng- 

 land. Scale, 1 inch to 8 feet. Spindel's Cove, Wood's Holl, Mass. 



Prof. S. F. Baird. 

 26731,25751. Models of brush- weirs. Used in the Bay of Fundy in capture 



of herriug (Clitpca harciifjits). W. B. McLaughlin, Grand Manan, 



N. B. 

 25829. Model of fish-weir. Used by aborigines of Virginia in the fifteenth 



century. From figures in De Bry. J. G. Adam. 

 25820. Model of fish-trap. Valley of Yukon River. Scale, 1 inch to the 



foot. W. H. Dall. 

 39496. Basket-weir, Yukon River, Alaska. L. M. Turner. 



Funnel-traps. 

 Fish-pots. 



1754. Wicker fish-pot (model). Used in West Indies. 5 to 15 fathoms. 



Scale, 1 iuch to the foot. H. 0. Claughtou, St. Martin's, W. I. 

 39474. Wicker fish-pot. Used by the Indians of California. Prof. D. S. 



.Jordan. 



Lobster-pots. 



12100. Lol)ster-pot. Used in Bay of Fundy. 4 to 10 fathoms. Scale, | 



inch to the foot. Prof. S. F. Baird. 

 24801. Lobster-pot. Used iuNarragausett Bay, in 10 to 15 fathoms. Scale, 



3 inches to the foot. J. M. K. Southwick, Newport, R. I. 

 29296. Model of Noauk lobster-pot. G. L. Green, Noank, Conn. 

 26586-7-8-9. Models of lobster-pots. Used on the coast of New England. 



Johnson & Young, Boston, Mass. 

 29363. Model of lobster-pot. N. C. Smith, Stonington, Conn. 

 32719. Lobster-pot bait-hook. Capt. Henry Webb. 



