[77] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Guy-rope. 



A kind of rope used on a whale-ship. Eove through the guy-block 

 to hold the upper blocks of the cutting-tackle stationary when 

 suspended over the main hatch, while hoisting in the blubber. 

 Manila hemp; circumference, 4f inches; number of strands, 4. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1883. 56392. New Bedford 

 Cordage Company. 



Yarn for Tying Bundles of Whalebone. 

 Bone-yarn. 



Sample of bone-yarn carried by right whalemen, and used in 

 tying up bundles of whalebone (baleen). Made of Eussian 

 hemp, tarred; two yarns carded together; circumference, ^ 

 inch. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56395. New Bed- 

 ford Cordage Company. 



WHALE-LINE, WARPS, AND STRAPS. 



Used in the Boat. 

 Whale-line. 



A kind of rope used in all American whale-boats during the cap- 

 ture for fastening the whale to the boat. Manila hemp; three 

 strands; circumference, 2 inches. New Bedford, Massachu- 

 setts, 1882. 56393. New Bedford Cordage Company. 



Iron-strap, showing- eye- splice. 



A piece of tow-line, technically termed an " iron-strap," which, when 

 used, is made fast at one end to the shank of the harj)oou near 

 the socket; has an eye-splice in the other for bending on the 

 whale-line. Manila hemp ; circumference, 2 inches ; three 

 strands. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56396. Manu- 

 factured and presented by the New Bedford Cordage Company. 

 (Prepared by Captain Isaiah West.) 



Lance-warp. 



A sample of the smallest line employed during the capture of a 

 whale. One end of about eight fathoms of this line is made 

 fast to the hand-lance and its pole, the other being fastened to 

 the boat, and used in manipulating the lance when the officer 

 of the boat is killing the whale. Manila hemp; circumference, 

 f inch ; number of strands, 3. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 

 1882. 56394. New Bedford Cordage Company. 



Lance-strap. 



A piece of lance- warp showing eye-splice, intended to be fastened 

 to the shank of the hand-lance at the socket by a round turn 

 and splice; seized to the pole in two or three places with rope- 



