DESCRIPTIVE LABELS ACCOMPANYING THE OB- 

 JECTS. 



MODELS. 



whale ship, "camels," whale-boat, and try-works. 



Model of whale-ship. 



Sails clewed up aud down for cutting. Sperm-whale alongside, de- 

 capitated ; forward and after stages rigged outboard. Try- 

 works between foremast aud mainmast. Four boats on the 

 cranes ; two spare boats on the skids. Ofiicers engaged in cut- 

 ting aud boarding ; crew at windlass. American ensign atmiz- 

 zen peak. Length over all, 4 feet 4 inches; beam, llj inches. 

 Edgartown, Massachusetts, 1876. 25726. C. H. Shufe & Son. 



Camels. 



Two water-tight compartments ; each provided with a propeller, a 

 smokestack, and a series of windlasses. Scale, 1 inch to 5 feet 

 5 inches. Length, 2 feet 1^ inches. 25027. William H. Chase. 

 A kind of lighter made in two sections, divided lengthwise, 

 for floating loaded vessels over Kantucket Bar. The model 

 with thehullofavesselshowsthe manner inwhich the "camels" 

 were operated. 



Whale-boat. 



One-sixth the length of a thirty-foot boat, from which it was drafted, 



illustrative of all the parts of a boat used in Arctic whaling, 

 with mast, oars, and rowlocks. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 

 1883. 57199. Made by James Beetle. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Try-works. 



Model of try-works common to all whaling vessels. Two pots " set " ; 

 copper cooler, wooden scrap-hopper, cast-iron deck-pot, accom- 

 panied by miniature models of the bailer, dipper, oil-scoop, and 

 pot-spade. 17^ by 12 by 83 inches. New Bedford, Massachu- 

 setts. 25013. Captain L. W. Howland. 



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