148 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Sea boats. 



22216. San Francisco yawl. (Model.) Livingston Stone. 



Used by Italian fishcruicn on coast of California. 

 25028. Nantucket Harbor boat. (Model; scale, 1 inch to the foot.) W. II. 

 Chase. 



Used in harbor fishing. 



Oyster-canoes. 



25003. Chesapeake oyster-canoe (made from t\YO logs). (Model; scale, 1 

 inch to the foot.) Major T. 13. Ferguson, Maryland Fish Coiiiiiiis- 

 sion. 



Used for oyster-raking in Chesapeake Bay. 

 25002. Chesapeake canoe-puugy. (Model; scale, 1 inch to Ihe foot.) Major 

 T. B. Ferguson, Maryland Fish Commission. 

 Used in oyster-dredging in Chesapeake Bay. 



Ducking-boats. 



25658. Egg Harbor boat. (Model; scale,' inch to Ihe foot. P. Braskir, 

 New York City. 

 Used for hunting in marshes and bays. 

 26620. Cedar duck-boat "Central Republic." Built by Capt. Georgo 

 Bogart, surfman, Manahawken, Ocean County, New Jei-sey. 

 Dimensions: 12 feet long, beam 3 feet 11 inches, depth 12 in<li<-s. 

 N. H. Bishop, Lake George, N. Y. 

 This is the boat in which Mr. Nathani<d H. Bishop, of Lake George, 

 Warren Comity, New York State, rowed from Pittsburg, Pa., via Ohio 

 and Mississippi Rivers and the Gulf of Mexico (2,600 miles) to Cedar Keys, 

 Fla., whilo on his second geographical expedition during IBT.'V-TO. 

 26623.. New Jersey sneak-box. (Model; scale, 1 inch to the foot.) John D. 

 Giflford, Tuckertou, N. J. 

 These boats are from twelve to fourteen feet in length ; the shelving or 

 sideboards on the stern of the boat are iised to hold the decoys while the 

 hunter rows to and from the shooting ground. Used by gunners on Bar- 

 negat and Little Egg Harbor Bays, New Jersey. 

 26622. Maryland ducking-sink. (Model; scale, 1 iiuh to foot.) J. G. .\daiii. 

 Used by gunners on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. 



Cat-rigged fisliing-boats. 



12009. Bay of Fundy cat-boat. (Model; scale, ^ inch to the foot.) Cajitain 

 Hal let, Eastport, Me. 

 Used in herring fisheries. 

 25026. Martha's Vineyard cat-boat. (Model; scale, J inch to tli.- font.) 

 William H. Chase. 



Used in coast lisheries. 

 29537. Providence River cat-boat. (Model; scale, inch to the foot.) J. 

 M. K. Southwick, Newport, R. I. 

 These boats vary in length from 14 to 19A feet, and cost from §225 to .s425. 

 Used by lobster lisheries and hook and line tisheries. Built by J. U. Stod- 

 dard. 

 26585. Two-masted cat-boat. (Model; scale, about i inch to the foot.) 

 JohnBon & Young, Boston, Mass. 



Used in New Kiiglaiul lobster ti.shi-ries. 



