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Prodding-instruments. 



Probing-awls. 



Used in piercing the base of the brain in killing fish for the table. 



29418. Large steel prod, suitable for large fish. A. R. Crittenden, Middle- 

 town, Conn. 



II. IMPLEMENTS FOR SEIZURE OF OBJECT. 



^Scooping-instruments. 

 6. SCOOPS. 



t-For hand-use. 

 Shovel*. 



Clam-shovels. 



. l Long-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



26716. l Short-handled shovel. U. S. Fish Commission. 



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Oyster-shovels. 



26717. (Model, with Chesapeake oyster-canoe, No. 25003). T. B. Fergnson, 



Maryland Commissioner of Fisheries. 



Trowels used in taking burrowing shore animals. 



. Collector's trowel (flat). To be supplied. 

 . Collector's trowel (ronnd). " 



Hand-scoops used in collecting mollusks. 



. l Spoon-scoop. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Bait-ladles. 



32652. "Bait-heaver" (straight). Gloucester, Mass. G. Brown Goode. 



32653. " Bait-heaver" (one-sided). " " 



Hand-dredges (used in collecting mollusks). 



26718. Tin hand-dredge. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Pile-scrapers. 



26719. Frame of pile-scraper. U. S. Fish Commission. 



1 It is thought unnecessary to exhibit these familiar implements. 



