XL IV CONTENTS. 



DESCRIPTIVE LABELS ACCOMPANYING THE OBJECTS. MODELS. 



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 Section E— Continued. 



Whaleship, "camels," whaleboat, and try works 300 



APPARATUS OF CAPTURE. 



American whaleboat fully equipped 301 



Craft 305 



Whaleman's harpoons 305 



Non-explosive — thrust by hand 305 



Two barbs and fixed head 305 



Single-barbed harpoons — fixed heads 307 



Improved harpoon, or toggle iron 308 



Harpoons for raising sunk whales 311 



Darting-gun harpoons 312 



Thrust by hand 312 



Prussic acid harpoons , 313 



Harpoons projected from guns non-explosive 314 



Explosive harpoons 319 



Thrust by hand 319 



Projected from guns .,,. 320 



Iron sheaths 320 



Whaling-guns 320 



Ordnance 320 



Small-arms 321 



Shoulder-guns 321 



Darting-guns.... 323 



Eocket-guns 325 



Whaleman's lances 326 



Thrust by hand 326 



Seal, sea-elephant, and walrus lances .> 327 



Lances for stopping running whales 327 



Explosive lances ; projected from guns 328 



Non -explosive lauces; projected from guns 331 



Darting-bombs 332 



Eockets 332 



APPARATUS FOR MANIPULATING DEAD WHALES, CUTTING OFF THE BLUBBER, 

 BOARDING, MINCING, AND TRYING OUT. 



Eopes and blocks for hoisting blubber 333 



Whaleman's hooks 333 



Used in boat 333 



Used on vessel 333 



Hooks for cutting blackfish 335 



Whaleman's spades 335 



Scarfing and leaning 335 



Morticing holes in blubber.... 336 



Decapitating the Whale 336 



Cutting slivers 336 



Cutting out throat-bone, &c 337 



Cutting blubber on shipboard 337 



Towing the Whale 337 



Head axe 337 



