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Single-pointed hooks. 



1 Forks used in handling salted and dried fish. 



Whalemen's hooks. 

 Blubber-hooks. 



25930. Blubber-hook. For hauling small pieces of blubber. E. B. & F. 



Macy. New Bedford, Mass. 

 26133. Blubber-book. Alieut Eskimo. Nunivak Island, Alaska. W. H. 



Dan. 



Blubber forks and pikes. 



25615. Blubber-pike. Used for tossing blubber into try-kettle. Humphrey 



S. Kirby, New Bedford, Mass. 



25617. Blubber-pike. From the storeroom of a returned whaler. Humphrey 

 S. Kirby, New Bedford, Mass. 



Junk-hooks, etc. 



For hauling heavy pieces of blubber. 



25616. Gaff-book. Used to haul blubber across the deck from chopper to 



try -kettle. Humphrey S. Kirby, New Bedford, Mass. 

 25916. Junk-hook. E. B. & F. Macy, New Bedford, Mass. 



2 Lance-hooks. 

 Hany-pointed hooks. 



2 Can-hooks. 



3 Grappling-irons. 



Lip-hooks or grapnels, used by whalers. 



25918. Whaler's grapnel. Used for towing whale to ship. E. B. & F. Macjr, 

 New Bedford, Mass. 



Line-hooks, used by whalers. 



25924. Whaler's line-hook for catching line, &c. E. B. & F. Macy, New 

 Bedford, Mass. 



Clam-rakea. 



29466. Clam-hoe. Provincetown style. Wm. H. Hesbolt, Prorincetown, 



Mass. 



29437. Hand-claw. Used for gathering "hen-clams" and "scallops.'* Well- 

 neet, Cape Cod, and coast of Maine. M. W. Grant, Wellfleet, Mass. 



. Clam-rake (model). Used in collecting the sea-clam (Mactra solidis- 



sima) on Nantucket Shoals. These clams are salted down and used 



as bait for cod, halibut, &c. See with model of Nantucket dory 



(26257). 



1 It is thought unnecessary to exhibit these familiar implements. 

 3 Arranged with boat fittings. 

 3 Arranged with the anchors. 



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