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a slmrt line of wlialfhoiic. lUDviilcd witli a lilllc •■s(|iiiir" or aitiliiiMl 

 bait of ivuiy, and fastciu'd to a woudrn lod alioiil is imlics or L' Ici-i 

 long-. The lurt-. which is a|)iiarciirly inraiit to rc|irrsriii a small sliniup. 

 is kept niovin.u'. and the lish liilr at it. Wr lu-ou^hl iioiiic two com 

 plete scfs oltaclilc lor tliis kind of li>liiii,u. two lines \Nillioiil rods and 

 twelve hires or hooks. Xo. s'.mIs [I7.',;1| l-'io. l'(;i. has Keen selected 

 for descri].tion. 



The line is 4(1 inches Ion- and ma<le of fonr strips of whr.lcl.one d-I 

 incli wi(U'. fastened roi;ether with what appeal' to lie •• waterknots." 

 Two of these strips ar.- of lilack u haiclione, respecti\ fl\ lA and il inches 

 Ion-: the other two arc of li-ht colmed whalebone and I."..', and II inches 

 loll-. The li.dit e.dored eii.l is made fast to I he eye in the small end of 

 the liook as follows: The end is passed throii-li the eye. donUlcd Lack 



and passed throii.-h a sniule knot in the standinu' part, and knotted 

 round the latter with a similar knot ( Fi-. I'tM). This knot is (he one 

 o-enerally used in fastenin.!;- a tishin- line to the hook. The other end 

 is doubled in a short lii-lit into which is l)ecket-hit(died one end <.f a bit 

 of sinew threa.l about :! inches hni-. and the otlier end is knotted 

 into a notch at one end of the rod. as the whalebone w.mld be too stiff 

 to tie securely to the stick. Tiie rod is a roii-ldy whittled splinter of 

 California redwood. N.A inches lon;L;. The boily of the hire is a piece 

 of walrus iv(a'y \.\ inches Umg. Thi(mi;li a lioh' in the larue end of this 

 is driven the barbless brass ln>ok. with a broad thin plate at one .>nd 

 hellt iip.tliish with the convex side. When not in use the line is iveled 

 lengthwise on tiie rod. secured by a notch at .'ach end of the latter, and 



ther.Ml. The hook is ued-ed into the body 



other .speeiinen. Xo. .S!l.-)47. |17;!;i| from the 



same villa};-e, is silniost exactly like fliis. but 



has a sli-htlv shorter line, made of three stri|is of bone, of which the 



h.wer two. as belore. are of li-ht .'olorcd xNhaleb.mc. Tlie ob.i<'<-t of 



nnder water less conspicnoiis. as we use leaders and castin- lines of 

 traiisjiarent silkworm -nt. The body of the lure is made of old brown 

 walrus ivory. These lures are 1 incli to 1.^ inches Ion.-', and vary little 

 in the shape of the body which is nsiialls inad<' of walrus ivory, in 

 most cas..s darken.'.! on the surface by a-e or charriii-. so that wiieii 

 carved into shajie it is parti-eohned. black and white. Tlie body is otteii 

 ornamented with small colored beads inlaid for eyes and along the back 

 (Fi.H-. 2(i(»(, Xo. .■)(i(J(l!l jl.").'.!' ''""1 rtkiavwin). 



The hook is usually of the shape des.-ribed but is s.mietimes simiily a 

 sli-htly recurved spur about .'. in.di hm- as lu Fig. -JWh (Xo. r,(i(il() [ KHIJ, 



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