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PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



characterizes these specimens, probably was only intended to hold the bait in 

 place. 



Flo. 190. 



Fio. 197. 



Fiu. 198. 



Fio. 199. 



All 



FIGS. 196-199. Bone fish-hooks. Santa Cruz Island. (18188). 



The same feature characterizes New Zealand fish-hooks,* and it is observable 

 in two hooks from Arctic America, preserved in the United States National 

 Museum, and represented by the following figures. 



The original of Fig. 200 is a large bone hook from Greenland, presented by 

 the Copenhagen Museum. This hook is unbarbed, and exhibits the outer pro- 

 jection, though not very prominently. The upper end of the shank is pierced 

 with two holes. The appearance of the bone indicates that this hook is rather old. 



The other specimen, represented by Fig. 201, is barbed and provided with 

 a barb-like point on the outside. It was presented to the National Museum by 

 Dr. Emil Bessels, to whom it had been given by Captain H. C. Chester, of the 

 United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. The latter informed me he 



* See Pig. 215 on p. 137. 



