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Kelly's gun-harpoon — Continued. 



chusetts, 1882. 56223. Gift of Thomas Knowles & Co. Pat- 

 ented by Zeno Kelly, New Bedford, Massachusetts, December 

 3, 1867. Seldom used at present. 



Swivel gun-harpoon. 



Head, common toggle, slotted and pivoted to shank. Shank com- 

 posed of a single rod of wrought-iron, with forged iron button 

 at rear extremity. Marked " B. G. A., 11." " Dean & Saw- 

 yer" (Manufacturers). Length, 48 inches. New London, Con- 

 necticut, 1882. 56224. Gift of C. A. Williams & Co. 



Swivel gun-harpoon. 



Head consists of toggle, double-barbed ; toggle slotted and pivoted 

 to end of shank; shank double, wrought-irou, welded at both 

 ends ; button at rear end. Length, 46 inches. Edgartown, 

 Massachusetts, 1882. 56225. Gift of Messrs. Osborn & Co. 



Smith's gun-harpoon. 



Malleable iron ; one pivoted malleable cast-iron fluke. Shank, 

 double; head with slot for fluke. Wire loop for iron-strap, 

 wrapped with marline. Length, 25£ inches. Provincetown, 

 Massachusetts, 1882. 56228. Gift of Stephen Cook. Seldom 

 used at present. 



Allen's gun-harpoon. 



Head, fixed ; four barbs. Forward part of shank, wrought iron ; 

 rear part, iron piping, welded to rear end of forward part. 

 Length, 44J inches. Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1882. 56229. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. None in use at present. Erroneously 

 called Broomstick-lance. 



Allen's gun-harpoon. 



Head, fixed ; four barbs. Shank consists of two pieces of conjoined 

 iron ; for about one-half its length it is composed of an iron rod, 

 with a head or button at its rear end, which is intended as a stop 

 for the iron-strap ; the rear part of the shank is cast with four 

 strips of metal meeting each other at right angles ; the forward 

 end fitting in the socket of the first piece. Length, 44f inches. 

 New Bedford, Massachusetts, 1882. 56230. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Not used at present. Formerly fired from shoulder- 

 guns. 



Smith's gun-harpoon. 



Head, slotted ; shank, double, wrought iron. Loop for making fast 

 end of tow-line, wire, wrapped with spun-yarn. Button, want- 

 ing. Length, 26^ inches. Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1882. 

 56232. U. S. Fish Commission. Seldom used at present. 



