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The Doyle harpoon — Continued. 



Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1882. 56231. Gift of I. A. 

 Small. 



Toggle-iron. 



Shank twisted to show the tenacity and durability of the iron em- 

 ployed in the manufacture of harpoon-shanks. Head consists 

 of the common malleable cast-iron toggle, with a diamond point. 

 Shank, wrought-iron. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1876. 

 56233. Gift of E. B. & F. Macy. 



Toggle-iron. 



Shank twisted by the actions of a dying whale. Marked " D. & B." 

 (Manufacturers) ;"BKDA B") (initials of bark). Length, 29£ 

 inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56237. Gift of 

 Jonathan Bourne. 



Toggle-iron. 



Shank elongated by tractile force. Head, malleable cast iron, 

 mortised. Shank, wrought iron. Cut from a whale. Length, 

 32i inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56242. Gift 

 of John A. Sawyer. 



Toggle-iron. 



A kind of harpoon, with a small toggle known as the " Sag Har- 

 bor iron." Head, malleable cast iron. Shank, wrought-iron. 

 Length, 38£ inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 

 56243. Gift of Mackey & Pindar. 



Toggle-iron. 



Head, wrought iron, pivoted in cheeks of forward part of shank. 

 Toggle has two flukes, one at forward and one at after end. 

 Shank, wrought iron ; head mortised for toggle. Marked u E. 

 S." (Manufacturer). Length, 38£ inches. New Bedford, Massa- 

 chusetts, 1882. 56244. Gift of Jonathan Bourne. 



Nickel-plated toggle-iron. 



Head, malleable cast iron, mortised ; shank, wrought iron. Length, 

 34 inches. Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1882. 56245. Manu- 

 factured and presented by Luther Cole. The kind of harpoon, 

 commonly known as the " toggle-iron," used at present by all 

 American whalemen. Full size. 



Toggle-iron. 



Harpoon with movable head or toggle pivoted in cheeks of shank, 

 with two barbs at point and a flaring barb or fluke at rear ex- 

 tremity. Shank, wrought iron, slotted for toggle. Cut from 

 a dead whale. Length, 33 inches. New Bedford, Massachu- 

 setts, 1882. 56247. Gift of Jonathan Bourne. 



