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Seines. 



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Bass-seines. 

 Bluefish-seines. 

 Capeliu-seines. 

 Herring-seines. 



26119. Model of herring-seine. Used on coasts of New England and the 

 Provinces in capture of herring (Clupea liarengm), and in the Hud- 

 son, Potomac, Delaware, and Chesapeake, and in North Carolina. 

 American Net and Twine Company, Boston, Mass. 



26127. Model of herring-seine. American Net and Twine Company, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Shad-seines. 



These are used in the rivers of the Atlantic and Gulf coast. 



These seines are knit from cotton thread. On the Connecticut River, 

 the seines are of nine-thread twine, 5-5^ mesh ; on the Hudson, the mesh 

 is four inches, knit of six-thread twine in the wings and nine thread in 

 the bunt. In the Delaware, Potomac, and Chesapeake, the mesh is 3 to 

 4J- inches, the twine 12, 15, and 18 thread ; in North Carolina, the mesh is 

 2| to 3 inches, and the cotton twine twelve-thread. (E. B. French.) 



Cod-seines. 



26137. Model of cod-seine. Used in Provinces in capture of cod (Gadm 

 marrJiua}. American Net and Twine Company, Boston and New 

 York. 30 to 40 feet deep. Mesh 5 inches, 18 to 21 thread, cotton. 



Lance-bunts. 



Baird collecting-seines. 



26136. Baird net. Designed by Prof. S. F. Baird. Used by naturalists in 

 collecting small fishes in brooks and ponds and in following behind 

 large seines to secure the small species which escape through the 

 meshes, six-thread coarse cotton. American Net and Twine Com- 

 pany, Boston, Mass. 



26126. Model of Baird net. American Net and Twine Company, Boston, 

 Mass. 



Bait-seines. 



26123, 26130. Model of minnow-seine. Used by amateurs in capture of 

 minnow-bait, i to inch mesh, six-thread cotton twine. Ameri- 

 can Net and Twine Company, Boston, Mass. 



26121. Model of minnow-seine, with bag. Used by fishermen to secure bait 

 for eel-pots. American Net and Twine Company, Boston, Mass. 



26668. Minnow-seine. Property of J. A. Nichols, Syracuse, N. Y. Contrib- 

 uted by Forest & Stream Publishing Company. 



Other seines. 



2232. Seine. Anderson River Eskimos. Mackenzie's River district. Robert 



MacFarlane. 

 2444. Seine made of " babiche." Tschutchi Indians. Capt. John Rodgers, 



U. S. N., North Pacific Exploring Expedition. 



