United States of America. 



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(16.) Salmon reel; one sample. (14.) Trout reel; one sample. (15.) Bass reels; two 

 samples. (16.) 



MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE ZOOLOGY, Cambridge, Massachu- 

 setts. Publications upon Ichthyology and Marine invertebrates. (56 & 61.) 



NELSON, CHRESTEN, Gloucester, Massachusetts. Pa tent Preservative 

 for Canvas, Manilla Rope, and Netting. (5.) Specimens of Canvas, Hope, and Netting, 

 preserved with the Fluid. (5.) 



NEW BEDFORD CORDAGE COMPANY, New Bedford, Massa- 

 chusetts. Cordage used in the Whale Fishery. (1.) 



NICKERSON & BAXTER, Boston, Massachusetts. Samples of Fish- 

 hooks used in Sea Fisheries, manufactured by J. W. Court & Co., Brooklyn, New York. (1.) 

 These hooks are mostly used in the Cod, Haddock, Hake, Halibut, and Mackerel fisheries, 

 though the latter fishing is now conducted almost entirely with the purse seine. The central 

 draught hooks are the latest pattern, and usually given the preference over the straight shank 

 hook. No. 10 central draught and No. 6281 straight shank are used for large Codfish in 

 hand-line fishing, and Nos. 11, 12, and 13, and 6282-3-4 for smaller fish. No. 14 is a Grand 

 Bank trawl hook, and 15, 16, 17 for Haddock trawls. 



NICHOLS, B. F., Boston, Massachusetts. Hexagonal Split Bamboo Fish- 

 ing rods. (14-16.) 



FLY HODS. No. 1. 10 feet long, 3 pieces, weight 7 ounces, 2 tips, Bamboo tip case sack 

 and wood shipping case. No. 2. 11 feet long, 3 pieces, weight 8 ounces, 2 tips, Bamboo 

 tip case, sack and wood shipping case. No. 3. 11 feet long, 3 pieces, weight 9 ounces, 



2 tips, Bamboo tip case, sack and wood shipping case. No. 4. 11 feet long, 3 pieces, weight 

 10 ounces, 2 tips, Bamboo tip case, sack and wood shipping case. No. 5. 12 feet long, 3 pieces, 

 weight 10^ ounces, 2 tips, Bamboo tip case, sack and wood shipping case. No. 6. 12 feet long, 



3 pieces, weight 12 ounces, 2 tips, Bamboo tip case, sack and wood shipping case. No. 7. 

 General Rod, 11^ feet long with Fly Tip, weight 10.| ounces; and 9| feet long* weight 9 J 

 ounces, with short tip (2 feet long), for Bait Fishing or Trolling. This is a very handy rod, is 

 suitable for Bass or Trout, with the fly tips (of which there are two), and Bait Fishing or 

 Trolling, with the short tip ; making the rod in 3 pieces, Bamboo tip case, sack and wood 

 shipping case. 



BLACK BASS RODS. No. 8. 10 feet long, 3 pieces, weight 9 ounces, ring guides, reel-seat 

 below grasp, 2 tips, Bamboo tip case, sack and wood shipping case. No. 9. 10 feet long, 3 

 pieces, weight 10 ounces, standing guides, reel-seat above grasp, 2 tips, Bamboo tip case, 

 sack and wood shipping case. No. 10. 8J feet long, 2 pieces, weight 9J ounces, standing 

 guides, reel-seat above grasp, 2 tips, grooved wood case, sack and wood shipping case. 



STRIPED BASS RODS. 1 rod, 8 feet long, 2 pieces, weight 19 ounces. 1 rod, 8J feet long 



2 pieces, weight 20 ounces. 1 rod, 9 feet long, 2 pieces, weight 25 ounces. I rod, 8 feet long, 



3 pieces, weight 20 ounces. 1 rod, 8J feet long, 3 pieces, weight 22 ounces. 1 rod, 9 feet long, 

 3 pieces, weight 25 ounces. 



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