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degrees roinid the shaft tnnu the line ratdi is tlie lin-;cr rest— a conical 



shaft ami secured Itya lasliini;- ,,t whaiciHiiLc, wliicii passes") liniuoji two 

 correspuudiiig holes, one in tiieresl and one in tln'sjiall. Tlie head and 



liue belongin- to this hari n are intended tor Imnt in- I he hi-arih'd 



seal, and «-ill lie desciilied lielow. No. ."■)(;77l' |."").!(;j, h'i-. lMI/*, from 

 Litkiavwin, is lifted with fairly typical wahus -car. The heail is of 

 the typical form, (i im-lies Ion.;, with a com.uhd body of waiiiis ivory, 

 ormimeiited with im-ised lines <-olored with redochei-,an.l a Made ofsteel 

 secured hy a whalelione rivet. The ■•leader," whii'ji is aliont l.^i incjics 

 loug, is made hy passin- om- cud of a piece of stont walrnsliide tlioiig 

 about one-cjuarter inch wide thron-h riu' liiu' liole and donhliiij;- it w ith 

 the head in the bight, .so that one jiart is about <i inches I he loni;cr. 

 The two parts are st<(pi>ed together about 1' inches from the head 

 with a bit of sinew braid. The ends are Joined and made into a bedcet 

 as follows: The longer end is doubled back foi 7 inches ami a slit cut 



through both parts about L' implies \y the end. The shorter end is 



pa.ssed thr(mgh this slit, and a slit is .ait .'. implies from the end of this, 

 through which the loop of the other eml is iiassed and all drawn taut'. 

 The whole joint is then tightly seized with .sinew braid so as to have a 

 beeket ;! inches ami a free end 4 iuehes long. This becket is looped into 

 an eye U imdies loug at the end of the main line, made by doubling 

 ovi-r .") inches of the end and stojipini; tlu' two parts tirndy together 

 with sinew braid. The line is of the hide of the bearded seal, .about the 

 same diameter as the leader, and 1.'7 h-et loug. It is in two neaily e.pml 

 I)arts, sjiliced together with double slit.s, rtrmly seized with sinew- 

 braid. There is a be<d...t about S inches long at tin- other end of the 

 liuo for attaching the lioal. made by doubling o\er the eml and tying a 

 can-iek bend, the en<l of which is stopped back to the standing ]iart 

 ■with sinew braid. The becket to hook upon the line catch is a bit of 

 sinew braid, fastened to the line LV, feet from the head, as follows: One 

 end being laid against the line it is doubled in a bi.-ht and ilu' end is 

 whii)|)ed down to the liiu' b\ the other end, which makes lixc turns 

 round them. 



7)oons in detail, beginning with the head. Oui- series is so large, coii- 

 taiiung in all Ibrty .Mght heads, besides some spare blades, that it 



probably gives a fair rei.reseutation of the c moii variafious. The 



longest of Ihis seiies is (I inches long anil the shortest :!.],but by far the 

 greater number are IVom W, to ."> inches long. Their proi.ortious are 

 usually about as in the types figured, but the longhead Just tigured 

 (.No. .".(;77:.' |.');:»j) is also unusually slendel'. Sheet iirass is the com 

 inonest material for the blade (thirty blades are of this material), though 

 iron or steel is sometimes used, and rarely, at iircscnt. slate. There is 

 one slate bladeil head in the seiies (No. .-.(ilil'O |l!l!l|i tignred above, and 

 four blades for such heads. The blaih' is commonly of the shape of the 



