130 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATED. 



Folding or jerk nets. 



Menhaden purse-seines. 



.26, 120. Model of mackerel purse-seiue. American Net and Twine Com- 

 pany, Boston, Mass. 



These pnrse-seines range in length from 120 to 220 fathoms, and from 

 750 to 1,000 meshes in depth, reaching the depth of 20 to 30 fathoms of 

 water. The average mesh is 2^ inches. They are made of fine Sea-Island 

 cotton twine, and cost from $750 to $1,500 complete. Abont 300 are now 

 in use on the coast of North America. The pursing weight varies from 

 100 to 150 pounds. 



26122-26125. Model of purse-seine. American Net and Twine Company, 

 Boston, Mass. 



90 to 150 fathoms in length, 300 to 650 meshes in depth, If to 2f fine 

 Sea-Island twine. Wings, 9 to 12; bag, 15 to 21, coarse. 



25179. Snatch-block used in pursing-seiue. Higgrns &, Gifford, Gloucester, 

 Mass. 

 . 25188. Ring or thimble for pursing-seine. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Mid- 

 dletown. Conn. 



Cast-nets : 



Mullet cast-nets. 

 Pompano cast-nets. 

 Bait cast-nets. 



25046. Casting-net. Diameter 4^ feet. William E. Hooper & Sons, Balti- 

 more, Md. 



26799. Mullet cast-net. Diameter 5| feet, l^-inch mesh. 



26800. Shrimp cast-net. Diameter 4^ feet, f-inch mesh. 



Clap-nets for birds. 

 Eabbit spring-nets. 

 Spring- weirs (St. Lawrence). 

 Sieve-traps (for birds). 



(Accessory.) Parts of nets and apparatus for manufacture. 

 Eaw material of nets. 

 Babiche. (See under D. 20.) 

 Netting-fiber. 

 Netting-twine. 



659. Netting-twine. Indians. Northwest coast of America. G. Gibbs. 

 14432. Fiber used for making nets. Pi-Ute Indians. Southern Utah. Maj. 



.T. W. Powell. 

 29376. 38 l>ales of white netting-twinc. American Net aiid Twine Company, 



Boston, Mass. 



Samples of netting hung to lines. William E. Hooper «& Sons, 

 Baltimore, Md. : 



25048. 1-inch mesh, 12 thread, 1 fathom long, 2 feet deep. 



25049. li " 12 "1 "2 " 

 25047. li " 12 "1 "2 " 

 25051. 11 " 12 "1 "2 " 



25050. 2 " 12 "1 "2 " 



