FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 97 



MESHING NETS (entangling in meshes). 

 Other gill-nets. 



19048. Minnow-uet. Pyramid Lake, Nevada. S. Powers. 

 1667. Gill-net. Auderson River Eskimos. Anderson River, H. B. T. R. 



MacFarlane. 

 7962. Gill-net made of animal fiber. Kawqnettle Indians. Vancouver's 



Island, B. C. Dr. T. T. Minor. 

 19043. Gill-net. Cooyuwee Pi-Ute Indians. Pyramid Lake, Nev. Stephen 



Powers. 

 4765. Gill-net made of " Babiche.'' Anderson River Indians. Mackenzie's 



River district, H. B. T. R. MacFarlane. 

 4793. Gill-net of "Babicbe."' Ft. Anderson, McKenzie R. R. MacFarlane 



POCKET NETS (entangling in pockets). 



Trammel-nets. 



25270. Model trammel-net. 10 feet long, 2 feet wide, 2 and 5 inch mesh. 



William E. Hooper & Sons, Baltimore, Md. 

 26118-29. Trammel-net. American Net and Twine Comj^any. 



Usfd for general fishing in river^ and ponds of Northern Mississippi 



Valley. 



These nets range from 20 to 75 yards in length, 4 to Gi feet in depth. 



The inside netting of finer linen thread (20-25, 3-cord), mesh 2-2^, i deeper 



than the outside. The outside netting-wall from cotton (15-21 thread), 



mesh 8 to 10 inches. (A. A. French.) 



18. Encircling-nets. 

 SEINES. 



In general. 



39442. Piece of tarred seine, to show the difference between a tarred seine 

 and a tanned one. George Merchant, Gloucester, Mass. 



Herring-seines. 



26119. Model of herring-seine. Used on coasts of New England and the 

 Provinces in capture of herring (Cliipea harengus), and in the Hud- 

 son, Potomac, Delaware, and Chesapeake, and in North Carolina. 

 American Net and Twine Company, Boston, Mass. 



26127. Model of herring-seine. American Net and Twine Company, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Cod-seines. 



26137. Model of cod-seine. Used in Provinces in capture of cod {Gadus 

 morrhna). American Net and Twine Company, Boston and New 

 York. 30 to 40 feet deep. Mesh 5 inches, IS to 21 thread, cotton. 



Baird collecting-seines. 



26136. Baird net. Designed by Prof. S. F. Baird. Used by naturalists in 

 collecting small fishes in brooks and ponds and in following behind 

 large seines to secure the small species which escape through the 

 meshes, sis-thread coarse cotton. American Net and Twine Com- 

 pany, Boston Mass. 



26126. Model of Baird net. American Net and Twine Company, Boston, 

 Mass. 



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