[41] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. oil 



Toggle-iron. 



Head and portion of shank of toggle-iron. Evidently intended for 

 striking sword-fish, porpoises, and black-fish. Head, steel, 

 mortised. Shank, wrought iron. Length, 10 inches. 56407. 

 Gift of A. R. Crittenden. 



Toggle-iron. 



Head and portion of shank of toggle-iron. Toggle pivoted between 

 the cheeks of shank. Toggle has two barbs ; one front and 

 rear. Length, 9§ inches. 56408. Gift of A. R. Crittenden. 



Toggle-iron. 



Head and portion of shank of toggle-iron. Toggle, wrought iron, 

 elongated point, fluked at rear end ; slotted and pivoted to end 

 of shank. Intended to be used in striking sword-fish or por- 

 poises. Length, lOf inches. 56409. Gift of A. R. Crittenden. 



Toggle-iron. 



Head and portion of shank of a harpoon known as " Doyle's iron." 

 Patented November 2, 1858, by George Doyle, of Provincetown, 

 Massachusetts. Head, malleable cast iron. Length, 12| inches. 

 56410. Gift of A. R. Crittenden. The peculiarity of the head 

 of this kind of iron is that it is so arranged as to present the flat 

 side of the blade when fastened in the whale. 



Toggle-iron, with pole. 



Toggle, malleable cast iron ; shank, wrought iron. New. Length, 

 including pole, 10 feet 4 inches. Length of harpoon, 33 inches. 

 Length of toggle, 8 inches. Fairhaven, Massachusetts, 1883. 

 56416. TJ. S. Fish Commission. The present form of harpoon 

 used by American whalemen. 



Toggle-iron, with pole. 



Toggle made of hoop-iron, held by a rope grommet. Roughly-made 

 pole. Socket served and iron strap attached. Length, 9 feet. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 57698. Gift of Jonathan 

 Bourne. A peculiar harpoon made on board ship, probably by 

 the blacksmith, evidently intended for striking blackfish or 

 porpoise. 



harpoons for raising "sunk" whales. 



Humpback-iron. 



Toggle, malleable cast iron, mortised, and pivoted to shank. Shank 

 | inch wrought iron. Total length, 34 inches. Total length of 

 toggle, 10 J inches. New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56269. 

 Gift of Jonathan Bourne. A kind of harpoon, known as the 

 "Humpback-iron," for raising sunk whales. 



