78 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



5. THRUSTING SPEARS AND PRODS. 

 Fishing-lances. 



Whale-lances. 



Used by whalers to give the death-blow to the whale. 



25678. Whale-lance with handle, . ready for use. E. B. & F. Macy, New 

 Bedford, Mass. 



25007. Whale-lance with handle, ready for use. J. H. Thomson, New Bed- 

 ford, Mass. 



Whale-lance, iron. 



25611. Whale-lance. (Primitive model) used by New Bedford whalers. 

 W. H. Cook & Co., New Bedford, Mass. 



Seal-lances. 



10140. Head of lance (bone and iron). Eskimos of Northeast coast, south- 

 west of King William's Land. Capt. C. F. Hall. 



1117. Seal-lance. Eskimos of Arctic coast, Anderson River, H. B. T. R. 

 McFarlane. 



Fish-lances. 



29453. Sword-fish lance. Saml. Elwell, jr., Gloucester, Mass. 



32703. Sword-fish lance. Vinald McCaleb. Gloucester, Mass. 



25232. Sword-fish lance (with screw to fix folding handles). U. S. Fish 



Commission. 

 26519. Lance. Indians of the Northwest coast. J. G. Swan. 



The tip of this lance is made from the horn of the mountain-goat 

 (Mazama montana). 



Whaleman's boat-spades (thick and thin). 



Carried in boat to disable the whale by cutting its flukes. 



2592. Boat-spade, with handle and warp complete, ready for use. E. B. 

 & F. Macy, New Bedford, Mass. 



Prodding instruments. 



Snow-probes. 



Used by the Eskimos in probing the air-holes in ice and under the snow to de- 

 tect the presence of seals. 



10274. Bone probe. King William's Land. Capt. C. F. Hall. 



10275. Bone probe. " " 



10276. Bone probe. " 

 2000. Bone probe. Northeastern Coast. S. F. Baird. 



2179. Bone probe. " " 



2180. Bone probe. " 

 1 21SI. Bone probe. " " 



1 These probes are sometimes supplied with a detachable head. 



