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Procl€liDB^-ODB<i>triiiiieiit§. 



Probing-awls. 



Used in pierciug the Lasc of the brain in kilhng fish for the tahlc. 



29418. Large steel prod, suitable for largo fish. A. R. Crittenden, Middle- 

 town, Conn. 



11. IMPLEMENTS FOR SEIZURE OF OBJECT. 



^Scooping -instruments. 



6. Scoops. 



'[For hand-use. 



Clam-sliovels. 



. ' Long-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



2671G. ' Short-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Oyster-sliovels. 



20717. (Model, with. Chesapeake oyster-canoe. No. 25003). T. 15. Ferguson, 

 Maryland Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Trowels used in taking burrowing shore animals. 



. Collector's trowel (flat). To be supi>lied. 



. Collector's trowel (round). " 



Hand-scoops used in collecting mollusks. 



. ' Spoon-scoop. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Bait-ladles. 



32652. "Bait-heaver" (straight). Gloucester, Mass. 6. Brown Goode. 



32653. "Bait-heaver" (one-sided). " " 



Han(l-<lrcdg:e^ (used in collecting mollusks). 



26718. Tin band-dredge. U. S. Fish Commission. 



PiDe-scrajicrs. 



26719. Frame of pile-scraper. U. S. Fish Commission. 



' It is thought uunecess.ary to exhibit these familiar implements. 



