148 ANIMAL KESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



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Sea boats. 



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



Used by Italian fishermen on coast of California. 

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

 Chase. 



Used in harbor fishing. 



Oyster-canoes. 



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

 inch to the foot.) Major T. B. Ferguson, Maryland Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



Used for oyster-raking in Chesaiieake Bay. 

 25002. Chesapeake cauoe-i)nngy. (Model; scale, 1 inch to the 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 the foot. P. Brasher, 

 New York City. 

 Used for hvinting in marshes and bays. 

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

 Bogart, surfman, Manahawken, Ocean County, New Jersey. 

 Dimensions: 12 feet long, beam 3 feet 11 inches, depth 12 inches. 

 N. H. Bishoj), Lake George, N. Y. 

 This is the boat in which Mr. Nathaniel H. Bishop, of Lake George, 

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

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

 Fla., while on his second geographical expedition during 187.5-76. 

 26G23. New Jersey sneak-box. (Model; scale, 1 inch to the foot.) John D. 

 Gifford, Tuckerton, N. J. 

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

 sideboards on the stern of the boat are used 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 inch to foot.) J.G.Adam. 

 Used by gunners on the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay. 



Cat-rigged fisliing-boats. 



12099. Bay of Fundy cat -boat. (Model ; scale, ^ inch to the foot.) Captain 

 Hallet, Eastport, Me. 

 Used in herring fisheiies. 

 25026. Martha's Vineyard cat-boat. (Model; scale, i inch to the foot.) 

 William H. Chase. 

 Used in coast fisheries. 

 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 19J feet, and cost from $225 to $425. 

 Used by lobster fisheries and hook and lino fisheries. Built by J. U. Stod- 

 dard. 

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

 Johnson &. Young, Boston, Mass. 

 Used in New England lobster fisheries. 



