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P&*od[<ling:-msts*ufiBiLeiats. 



, Probing-awls. 



Used in piercing the base of the brain in killing fish for the table. 



29418. Large steel prod, suitable for large fish. A. E. Crittenden, Middle- 

 town, Conn. 



II. IMPLEMENTS FOR SEIZURE OF OBJECT. 



^Scooping-instruments. 



G. Scoops. 



t-For hand-use. 



Shovels. 



Clam-shovels. 



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



26716. 1 Short-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Oyster-sliovels. 



26717. (Model, with Chesapeake oyster-canoe. No. 25003). T. B. Ferguson, 



Maryland Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Trowels used in taking burrowing shore animals. 



. Collector's trowel (flat). To be supplied. 



. Collector's trowel (round). " 



Hancl-scooi)S used in coUecting moUusks. 



. ' Spoon-scooj). U. S. Fish Commission. 



Bait-ladles. 



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



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



Hao^d-dredg'es (used in collecting moUusks). 



26718. Tin hand-di'cdge. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Pile-scrapers. 



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



1 It is thought unnecessary to exhibit these familiar implements. 



