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Sinkers. 



Sinkers and swivels. 



. Sinkers and swivels. For fishing-lines. Bradford & Anthony, Boston, 



Mass. 

 25605. Series of sinkers used in fishing for cod and tautog. Newport models. 



J. M. K. Southwick, Newport, R. I. 

 25607. Hand-line sinkers. Rhode Island and Eastern Connecticut. A. R. 



Crittenden. 



25716. Cod-line sinker. Central Wharf Company, Provincetown, Mass. 

 29456. Cod-lead mold. Used to make form in molding. John B. Parsons, 



Rockport, Mass. 

 15591. Sinker made of walrus ivory. Pornoox Eskimos, Alaska. H. "W. 



Elliott. 



Net-sinkers. 



. Net-sinkers. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 



29393. Net-rings or sinkers. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Middletown, Conn. 

 29474. Primitive net-sinkers. Used in Wellfleet, Mass. Newell B. Rich, 



Wellfleet, Mass. 

 25800. Menhaden-net sinkers (old style). Formerly used about Beverly and 



Salem, Mass. George B. Foster, Beverly, Mass. 

 25603. Seine-sinkers. Newport model. J. M. K. Southwick, Newport, R. I, 



Spreaders. 



Chopsticks. 



One-armed chopsticks or "revolving booms. 7 ' 



Floats. 



Line -floats of wood, cork, and quill. 



25661. Egg-shaped floats. Wm. M. Young, Philadelphia, Penn. 



25662. Barrel-shaped floats. " " 



25663. Snake-head floats. " " 



25664. Quill floats. " " 



Seine-floats of cork, wood, glass, and rubber tubing. 



25597. Seine-corks. Used at Newport, R. I. J. M. K. Southwick, Newport, 

 R. I. 



Harpoon-floats of bladder, inflated skin, and wood. 

 20898. Seal-skin buoy. Sitka Alaska. J. G. Swan. 

 1035. Seal-skin buoy. Makah Indians. Puget Sound. J. G. Swan. 

 19515. Seal-skin buoy. North Greenland. G. Y. Nickerson. 

 26824. Seal-skin buoy. (Used in whale fisheries. ) Clyoquot Indians, Van- 

 couver's Island. J. G. Swan. 



26823. Seal-skin buoy. (Used in whale fisheries.) Clyoquot Indians, Van- 

 couver's Island. J. G. Swan. 



20594. Seal's bladder buoy. Bella, Bella, B. C. J. G. Swan. 

 827, 4970. Seal-skin buoy with rope. Makah Indians. Neeah Bay, Puget 

 Sound, W. T. J. G. Swan. 



Keg and other floats for lobster-pots, gill-nets, &c. 

 Whale-line drag. 



