ANIMAL EESOURCES AND FISHERIFS OF UNITED STATES. 87 

 ^ ^ ^ ^Entangling- lines. 

 12. Tangles. 



The tangles arc employed by naturalists litr the purpose of gathering small 

 spiny aninialsj such as sea-urchins and star-lishes, from the bottom at con- 

 siderable depths. They adhere to the libers of the spiin-yarn in great num- 

 bers. It has been thought that this instrument might advantageously bo 

 employed in freeing oyster-beds from their worst enemies, the star-fish. 



Swab-fang les. 



Swab-tangles. 



26844. Swab-tangle. U. S. Fish Commission. 



(Dredge-tangles, used by English collectors.) 



Hai*roiv-tan§^le8. 



Harrow-tangles. 



20845. Models of harrow-tangles. U. S. Fish Commission. Formerly used 

 by the Fish Commission, now replaced by the wheel-tangles. 



l¥heel-taii§Ies. 



Wheel-tangles. 



2G846. Model of wheel-tangle. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 26848. Wheel-tangles. U. S. Fish Commission. 



III. MISSILES. 



^Sim2)le missiles {those propelled by the unaided arm). 



13. Hurled WEianxs. 



atones and disks (thrown by the hand). 



W'eig'hts (dropped from an elevation, dead-falls, not automatic). 



14. Hurled sticks. 



8traig^ht sticks. 



Clubs used as missiles. 



Curved sticks. 



Throw-sticks, used by thcMoqui Indians of New Mexico in Inmting 

 rabbits. 



9543-4. Throw-sticks. Used in rabbit-hunting by Mo(|ui Indians. New Mex- 

 ico. Dr. Edward Palmer. 



