130 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Folding or jerk nets. 



Menhaden purse-seines. 



26, 120. Model of mackerel purse-seine. American Net and Twine Com- 

 pany, Boston, Mass. 



These purse-seines range in length from 120 to 220 fathoms, and from 

 * 750 to 1,000 meshes in depth, reaching the depth of 20 to 30 fathoms of 

 water. The average mesh is 2 inches. They are made of fine Sea-Island 

 cotton twine, and cost from $750 to $1,500 complete. About 300 are now 

 in use on the coast of North America. The pursing weight varies from 

 100 to 150 pounds. 



26122-26125. Model of purse-seine. American Net and Twine Company, 

 Boston, Mass. 



90 to 150 fathoms in length, 300 to 650 meshes in depth, If to 2| fine 

 Sea-Island twine. Wings, 9 to 12; bag, 15 to 21, coarse. 



25179. Snatch -block used in pursing-seine. Higgins & Gifford, Gloucester, 



Mass. 

 25186. Ring or thimble for pursing-seine. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Mid- 



dletown, Conn. 



Cast-nets : 



Mullet cast-nets. 

 Pompano cast-nets. 

 Bait cast-nets. 



25046. Casting-net. Diameter 4| feet. William E. Hooper & Sons, Balti- 

 more, Md. 



26799. Mullet cast-net. Diameter 5| feet, 1^-inch mesh. 



26800. Shrimp cast-net. Diameter 4 feet, f-inch mesh. 



Clap-nets for birds. 

 Babbit spring-nets. 

 Spring- weirs (St. Lawrence). 

 Sieve-traps (for birds). 



(Accessory.) Parts of nets and apparatus for manufacture. 

 Raw material of nets. 

 Babiche. (See under D. 20.) 

 Netting-fiber. 

 Netting-twine. 



659. Netting-twine. Indians. Northwest coast of America. G. Gibbs. 

 14432. Fiber used for making nets. Pi-Ute Indians. Southern Utah. Maj. 



J. W. Powell. 

 29376. 38 bales of white netting-twine. American Net and Twine Company, 



Boston, Mass. 



Samples of netting 'hung to lines. William E. Hooper & Sons, 

 Baltimore, Md. : 



25048. 1-iuch mesh, 12 thread, 1 fathom long, 2 feet deep. 



25049. IJL " 12 " 1 "2 " 

 SJ5047. 1-i- '" 12 " 1 " 2 " 

 25051. H " 12 " 1 "2 " 



25050. 2 " 12 " 1 "3 " 



