APPARATUS USED IN CAPTURING FISH. 



27 



LOCATFON OF 



TRAPS, WEIRS, A^D POUNDS, IN TBE 

 UNITED STATES. 



I bave thus indicated briefly tbe principal devices by wliicli fisbes are 

 captured in tbe United States,^ witbout attempting to represent all the 

 individual inoditications. Tbe variety in the construction of trai)s. weirs. 

 and pounds, is 



almost endless, 

 depending very 

 niucli ui)on the ex- 

 l)osure, tbe nature 

 of the bottom, tbe 

 depth of water, tbe 

 currents, the kind 

 offish to be taken, 

 &c. I bave given 

 euongli to illus- 

 trate the extent to 

 which the simpler 

 devices of the 

 spear, tbe bow and 

 arrow, and tbe 

 hook, have been 

 replaced by appa- 

 ratus for a more 

 ■wholesale destruc- 

 tion. 



As already re- 

 marked, the sea- 

 coast weirs or 

 pounds are used 

 almost exclusively 

 east of Connecti- 

 cut, although fixed 

 nets are in opera- 

 tion in or near tbe 

 rivers of that State 

 as well as of New 

 York, principally 

 for tbe capture of 

 shad. The accom- 

 panying diagram 

 (Fig. 19) is a'plau 

 of the tra ps at Sea- cormorant Ri^\ 

 connet Point, on 

 tbe eastern side of 

 Narraga n set Bay, ^ 

 asfurnished by Mr. 

 South wick, and 

 tbe details of 

 which are given on 

 page 261). 



Fiff. 19. 



ps at Sauglikoiuiet 

 J?ouU, KanagaHset Bav. 



o c :e ^ ^ 

 In the large map of the south side of New England, accom- 



' I am indebted to Dr. H. C. Yarrow for the account of an ingenious method employed' 

 in New Yorlc Harbor for trapping the Morrhuajiruiiwsa, (" Tom-cod,") and which does'not 

 come under any of the classes of fishing referred to in the preceding pages. 



A sufficient quantity of good rye or wheat straw is gathered into a sheaf and firmly 

 S. Mis. 61 18 



