78 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 

 5. TimUSTING SPEARS AND PRODS. 



Fi*>iiiin^-flaiic>c«<. 



WLale-lauccs. 



Used by whalers to give the death-blow to the whale. 



25678. Wlialo-lance with handle, ready fm- nse. E. B. & F. Mac,\ . Xiw 

 Bedford, Mass. 



25007. Wbale-lance with handle, ready for use. J. H. Thomson, New Bed- 

 ford, Mass. 



Wlmle-lance, iron. 



25(Jll. "Whalc-lance. (Primitive model) nsed by New Bedford whalers. 

 "W. II. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 



Seal-lances. 



101 10. Head of lance (bone and iron). Eslcimos of Northeast coast, south- 

 west of King William's Land. Capt. C. F. Hall. 

 1117. Scal-lanee. Eskimos of Arctic coast, Anderson River, H. B. T. R. 

 McFarlnne. 



Fisli-lances. 



29453. Sword-fish lance. Saml. Ehvell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



32703. Sword-fish lance. Viuald McCaleb. Gloncester, Mass. 



25232. Sword-fish lance (with screw to fix folding handles). U. S. Fish 



Commission. 

 26519. Lance. Indians of the Northwest coast. J. G. Swan. 



The tip of this lance is made from the horu of the mountain-goat 

 {Mazama montana). 



AVIialriiian^!^ boat-spades (tliick and tliin). 



Carried in boat to disable the whale by cutting its llukes. 



25928. Boat-spade, with handle and warp complete, ready for use. E. B. 

 & F. Macy, New Beilford, Mass. 



PrixliHii;;;^ iEmtrcicBionts. 



Snow-probes. 



Used by the Eskimos in probing the air-holes in iee and niulcr the snow to de- 

 tect the presence of seals. 



10274. Bone probe. Kiuir William's Land. Capt. C. F. Hall. 



10275. Bone probe. " 

 1(L'7(>. Bone probe. " " 



2000. Bone probe. Northeastern Coast. 8. F. Baird. 



2179. Bone probe, " " 



2160. Bone probe. " " 



>2181. Bone probe. " " 



These itrobes are sometimes supplied with n detachable head. 



