58 FISHERIES OF THE . UNITED STATES. 



SIKGLE-POINTED HOOKS. 



Forks used for liaiulling salted and dried fisb. 



Whalemen's hooks. 



Blubber hooks. 



25930. Blubber-Look. For bauliug small pieces of blubber. E. B. «fc F. Macy, 

 New Bedford, Mass. 



Blubber forks and pikes. 



25G15. Blubber-pike. Used for tossiug blubber into try-kettle. Humplirey S. 



Kirby, New Bedford, Mass. 

 25G17. Blubber-pike. From the storeroom of a returned whaler. Hum'plirey 



S. Kirby, New Bedi'ord, Mass. 



Junk-hooks, etc. 



For hauling heavy pieces of blubber. 



2591G. Junk-hook. E. B. & F. Macy, New Bedford, Mass. 



^ Lance-hooks. 



MANY-POIlSrTED HOOKS. 



^ Can-hooks. 



^Grappling-irons. 



Lip-hooks or grai)nels, used by whalers. 



Line-hooks, used by whalers. 



25924. Whaler's line-hook for catching line, &c. E. B. & P. Macy, New Bed- 

 ford, Mass. 



Olam-rakes. 



294G6. Clam-hoo. Provincetowu style. Wm. H. Hesbolt, Provincetown, 



Mass. 

 29437. Hand-claw. Used for gathering "hen-clams" and "scallops." Well- 



lleet, Cape Cod, and coast of Maine. M. W. Grant, Wellfleet, Mass. 

 . Clam-rake (model). Used in collecting the sea-clam {Mactra soUdissima) 



on Nantucket Shoals. These clams are salted down and used as bait 



for cod, halibut, &c. See with model of Nantucket dory (26257). 

 36045. Clam-rake. Welltleet style. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 3604G. " " " " " 



36047-9. " " " " " 



Moss-rakes. 



32718. Rakes used in gathering Irish moss {Chondrits crlspus). C. A. Cole, 

 Scituate, Mass. 



Sponge-hooks. 



32693. Sponge-hook. Appalachicola, Florida. Silas Stearns. 



'AiTanged with boat fittings. -Arranged with the anchors. 



