SECTION O. 



(THE FISHERIES.) 



MEANS OF PURSUIT AND CAPTURE. 



I. HAND IMPLEMENTS OR TOOLS. 



1. Clubs. 

 UNAEMED CLUBS. 



Salmon clubs used by the Indians of the Northwest coast. 



651. Salmon-club. N. W. Coast. Geo. Gibbs. 



Fishermen's clubs. 



32717. " Halibut killer aD(l gob-stick." Philip Merchant, Gloucester, Mass. A 

 heavy club with which the fishermau kills the halibut by a blow upon 

 the head. Oue end is sharpened for use in detaching hooks from the 

 gullets of fish which have swallowed them. 



2. Knives. 

 STRAIGHT KNIVES. 



Splitting and rij)i)ing knives. 



29401. Double-edged throating and ripping knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester^ 



Mass. 



29403. Double-edged throating-kuife (old style). G. B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 

 29409. Throating or ripping knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29411. Throating or ripping knife. Capt. E. L. Eowe, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29416. Double-edged ripping-knife (peculiar to coast of Maine). Wilcox, Crit- 

 tenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



29402. Mackerel-splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 

 29408. Mackerel-splitting knife. Capt. Sam. Elwoll, Gloucester, Mass. 



29404. Codfish-splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29413. Cod or haddock ripping knife (old style). G. P. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 



29414. Hake or haddock splitting knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



29415. Haddock-ripping knife. A. McCurdy, Gloucester, Mass. 



Boarding-knives used by whalemen. 



Used in cutting the blubber into sections from the " blanket piece" or 

 longstrip which is peeled from the sides of the whale. 

 25676. Boarding-knife. W. H. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 



" This knife has seen many years of service." — A. E. C. 

 26608. Boarding-knife, with sheath. A. E. Crittenden, Middletown, Conn. 

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