USS. B. F.— 868. PLATE lI. 

FIG. 1.—VIEW ON SCRAPE BOAT. 
Showing a scrape (the triangular iron frame with the mesh bag), a crate with trays (for 
shipping soft crabs); a short-handled net for ‘‘fishing out ’’ the soft crabs from a float, 
a long-handled net for catching crabs on the bottom, and a wooden bailing scoop. 


FIG. 2.—SCRAPE BOATS, CRISFIELD, MD. 
The crabs are culled in the shallow boxes secured to the inside of the gunwale. 
