16 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



Section F.— APPARATUS USED IN THE WHALING AND 

 SEALING INDUSTRY. 



XXX. — Aboriginal, Whaling, etc. — Continued. 



121. Harpoons and lances employed in whaling and sealing by 



the Eskimo of Alaska, and the Hudson Bay region. 



Section G.— FISHERY PRODUCTS AND THEIR PREPARA- 

 TION. 



XXXI. — Apparatus and Materials used in the Prepara- 

 tion and Care of Products. 



122. Fish cars and other floating cages for aquatic animals, in- 



cluding model of fish-marketman's car for the preserva- 

 tion of living fish; model of fish-car towed by the 

 smack for keeping the catch alive ; live-car, full size, 

 for keeping fish alive ; model of lobster-car for keeping 

 live lobsters. 



123. Ice-crusher, ice-picks, and tools used in handling ice in 



packing fresh fish for market, or storing them in the 

 vessel's hold; model of refrigerator for preserving fish. 



124. Model of fish wharf, with all the appliances for handling 



and curing dry fish, including scales for weighing, 

 butts for pickling, flakes for drying, &c. ; models of 

 tilting and brush flakes ; model of smoke-house for 

 curing herring ; models of sardine factory at Camdeu, 

 Maine, showing the interior arrangements of tables, 

 elevators, &c. ; model of lobster- boiling house at Bos- 

 ton, showing the vats for steaming the lobsters, the 

 wharf, and the derricks used in handling the lobsters. 

 It is accompanied by models of lobster smacks and of 

 the principal forms of lobster nets. Model of men- 

 haden oil and guano factory, showing the apparatus 

 by means of which the oil and guano are prepared. 

 Model of fishery at Waukegan, Illinois, showing the 

 apparatus employed in cleaning and salting down lake 

 white-fish. 



125. Apparatus used in the preparation of boneless fish, in- 



cluding mitre boxes, knives, cutting tables, box-nailing 

 machine, nape-hooks, &c. Brand used by inspectors 

 for marking barrels of pickled fish; oil bags, dippers, 

 and other implements used in the manufacture of cod- 

 liver oil ; model of guano mixer, employed in the fish- 

 guano works for the purpose of thorougly mixing the 

 fish-scrap with the mineral phosphate and sulphuric 

 acid. 



