FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. Go 



JAMES C. OSBORNE, Edgartown, Massachusetts : 

 Whaling - harpoon. (1.) 



SAMUEL OSBORNE, Jr., & SONS, Edgartown, Massachusetts 

 Implements used in the whale-fishery. 



N. A. OSGOOD, Battle Creek, Michigan: 



Portable Folding Canvas Boat. (20.) 



Length, 12 feet; width, 3 feet; height, 1 foot. 

 Folding Minnow Crate. (33.) 



H. D. QSTERMOOR & SON, 36 Broadway, New York City : 

 Life-saving Mattress. (9.) 



A. S. PACKARD, Jr., Providence, Rhode Island: 

 Publications on aquatic invertebrates. (60.) 



THOMAS B. PADDOCK, Nantucket, Massachusetts: 



An implement used on Nantucket whaling vessels in 1/75. (1.) 



E. W. PAGE, & CO., 69 West street, New York City: 



Exhibit of oars used on fishing and whaling vessels. (6.) 



JOSEPH PALMER, United States National Museum, Washington, District 

 of Columbia : 

 Casts of seal and fish (51-54) (the entire collection of casts of ceta- 

 ceans, reptiles, and fishes in the collective exhibit of the 

 United States was made by Mr. Palmer). 



JOEL C. PARKER, Grand Rapids, Michigan : 



Hatching box with clock-work attachment for supplying motion. 

 (35.) 



WILLIAM B. PARSONS, Rockport, Massachusetts : 



Ancient fishing apparatus used at Eockport. (1.) 



1. Old Stone Killick. 



2. Old Bait Chopper. 



3. Old Lantern. 



THOMAS M. PEAKES, Edgartown, Massachusetts: 



Log-book. (6.) 

 PERKINS AND SHURTLEEE, Portland, Maine : 



1 box of compressed cod, 10 packages in case, 5 pounds each, with 

 all large bones removed, compressed in rolls of a round 

 shape, and ready for cooking. (26.) 



BARNET PHILLIPS, New York City : 



Essay on Prehistoric Fish-hooks. (57.) 



