FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 11 



Section C— APPARATUS OF SEA AND FRESH- WATER FISH- 

 ING. 



XV. — Nets and Seines, etc. — Continued. 



70. Handle or dip nets and landing nets used in the capture or 



in handling of mackerel, menhaden, trout, and other 

 fish. Net used in the capture of the oulachan and surf 

 smelt by the Indians of the Northwest coast. Dip nets 

 or baskets used by the Indians. 



71. Oyster dredge and hoisting apparatus, dredge nets, dredges 



for clams and othershell-fish. Full-sized oyster dredge 

 used by steam dredgers. 



72. Folding or jerk nets, including full size and model mackerel 



purse seines and model mackerel-seine pocket, mullet 

 and shrimp cast-nets, &c. Model of mackerel purse- 

 seine on scale of one-twenty-fifth. 



XVI. — Fish traps, weirs, and pounds. 



73. Models and drawings of fish slides and wheels used for 



catching shad in the rivers of North Carolina. 



74. Models of bar weirs and brush weirs used for catching her- 



ring in the Bay of Fundy; salmon weirs, heart-nets, 

 pound-nets, floating traps, basket weirs from Alaska, 

 &c. Model of fish weir used by aborigines of Virginia 

 in the fifteenth century. 



75. Wicker fish pots used by Indians of California and by fish- 



ermen of Florida. Lobster pots in full size, and models 

 showing the various styles used on the coast of New 

 England. 



76. Eel pots, with and without leaders, full size and model 



fyke nets, bass trap, &c. 



XVII. — Fishing Stations. 



77. Model of shad battery at Havre de Grace, Maryland : model 



of pound fishing for white-fish at Grassy Bay, Detroit 

 River, Michigan. 



« XVIII. — Knives, Gaffs, and other apparatus. 



78. Indian and Eskimo knives made of stone, bone, and iron 



for cutting fish and blubber. 



79. Cod splitting, ripping, and throating knives ; finning and 



flitching knives; boat chopping knives; mackerel 

 splitting and reaming or creasing knives; scaling 

 knives, slivering knives, &c. 



80. Salmon, cod, haddock, halibut, and mackerel gaffs; hali- 



but-cutters; hook used in decapitating fish ; fish forks 

 and " pews " used in storing and handling fish. 



