XX LIST OI? PLATES TO SECTION V. 



Vol. Page. 



194. Whalemen's harpoons II, 250 



FIG. 1. Improved harpoon or toggle-iron now iu general use 1 . 



FIGS. 2, 3. First form of toggle iron made by Lewis Temple. 



FlG. 4. One-flued harpoon with hinged toggle. 



FIG. 5. One-flued harpoon. 



FlG. 6. Two-flued harpoon. 



FIG. 7. Toggle-iron invented by Provincetown whaleman ; not in use. 



195. English harpoons It, 250 



FIG. 1. Old-style hand-harpoon ; now little used. 

 FIG. 2. Hand-harpoon in general use about 1857. 

 FIG. 3. Hand-harpoon now in general use on Scotch whalers. 

 Drawings by Capt. William Adams, Dundee, Scotland. 



196. FlG. 1. English harpoon-gun and gun-harpoon now in use on Scotch whalers II, 252 



FlG. 2. An early form of English whaling-gun II, 



FIGS. 3, 4,5. Mason and Cunningham mounting boat gun; a recent invention. (Explanation 



withplate) II, -'">-' 



197. FlG. 1. Pierce and Cunningham darting-gun ; a combined harpoon and lance used largely by 



Arctic whalemen. (Explanation with plate) II, 254 



FlG. 2. Cunningham and Cogan gun ; length, 33 inches; weight, 27 pounds; used by Arctic hic.nn 



whalers with bomb lance -- II, 253 



FIG. 3. Brand muzzle-loading whaling-gun and bomb lance II, 253, 254, 



255 



198. FIGS. 1,2,3,4. Pierce bomb-lance. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 254,267 



FIG. 5. Pierce and Eggers breech-loading gun. (Explanation on page opposite plate; II, 253,^6? 



199. Whaling rocket. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 254 



200. Boat fastened to whale by harpoon and line ; killing the whale with bomb lance II, 262,207 



From painting by J. S. Ryder. 



201. Natives harpooning the beluga, or white whale, at Cook's Inlet, Alaska II, 61 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



202. Aleuts planting glass, obsidian, and jade darts in a school of humpback whales at Akoon Island, 



Bering Sea II, 61,62 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



203. Makah Indians whaling at entrance to Fnca Straits II, 62 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1883. 



204. Cutting in the bowhead and sperm whales. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 277,286 



Drawings by Capt. C. M. Scammon and Capt. W. M. Barnes. 



205. FIG. 1. Boat spade to stop running whale II, 264 



FIG. 2. Narrow cutting spade or thin boat spade II, 281 



FIG. 3. Flat or round shank spade '.... II, 281 



FlG. 4. Cutting spade for scarfing blubber II, 



FIG. 5. Cutting spade for leaning up II, 281 



FlG. 6. Half-round spade II, 261 



206. Cutting blocks and tackle. (Explanation on page opposite plate) II, 277- 1 Jfc'l 



207. A ship on the northwest coast of America cutting in her last, right whaie II, 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Russell, of JS cw lii-dl'oid. 



208. "Bailing in the case " of a sperm whale II, 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a French lithograph designed by B. Russell, of New Bedford. 



209. FIG. 1. Blubber mincing-knife. 

 FlG. 2. Boarding-knife. 



FlG. 3. Monkey-belt. 

 FIG. 4. Wooden toggle. 

 FIG. 5. Chain-strap. 

 FIG. 6. Throat-chain. 

 FIG. 7. Fin toggle. 

 FIG. 8. Head-strap. 

 FIG. 9. Blubber-hook. 



210. Whale-ships at New Bedford wharf ; ship hove down for repairs ; oil-casks II, 289,290 



From photograph by 17. S. Fish Commission. 



THE BLACKFISH AND PORPOISE FISHERY. 



211. Capture of a school of blackfish in Cape Cod Bay II, 295,:!07 



Drawing by H. W. Elliott from a iketch by J. 8. Ryder. 



