ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 87 

 ^^^^Entangling -lines. 

 12. Tangles. 



The tangles are employed by naturalists for the purpose of gathering small 

 spiny animals, such as sea-urchius and star-fishes, from the bottom at con- 

 siderable depths. They adhere to the fibers of the spun-yarn in great num- 

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

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



Swab-tangles. 



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



(Dredge- tangles, used by English collectors.) 



Harro\r-tang^le§. 



Harrow-tangles. 



26845. Models of harrow-tangles. U. S. Fish Commission. Formerly used 



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



Wheel-fan§^Ies. 



■ Wheel-tangles. 



26846. Model of wheel-tangle. U. S. Fish Commission. 

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



III. MISSILES. 



^Simple missiles {those propeUed by the unaided arm). 



13. Hurled weights. 



atones and di^ks (thrown by the hand). 



Weig'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 the Moqui Indians of New Mexico in hunting 

 rabbits. 



9543-4. Throw-sticks. Used in rabbit-hunting by Moqtii Indians. New Mex- 

 ico. Dr. Edward Palmer. 



