708 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [64] 



Fishing canoe. 



Model of fishing canoe. Totem, albatross ("Sangar"). Length 



35 inches. Haidah Indians, northwest coast United States of 

 America, 1883. 72,689. James Gr. Swan. 



Fishing canoe. 



Model of fishing canoe with the totem of the large round clam 

 ("Skiing"). Length, 34 inches. Haidah Indians, northwest 

 coast United States of America, 1883. 72,690. James G. Swan. 



Fishing canoe. 



Model of fishing canoe. Totem, wolf-fish {Anarrichiliys felis) (" Sta- 

 hun"). Length, 28 inches. Haidah Indians, northwest coast 

 United States of America, 1883. 72,691. James Gr. Swan. 



Chinese fishing boat. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Unpainted wood; roughly made; nar- 

 row, fiat bottom ; slightly rounding bilge; straight sides; square 

 ends; narrow beam; strong sheer. Dug out of solid log, the 

 ends being nailed on. Divided into four compartments by bulk- 

 heads; washboards on the sides. Fitted with two long sweeps 

 and poling-stick. The sweeps are held to the single thole-pin 

 by a becket. Dimensions of original: Length, 20 feet; beam, 

 3J feet; depth amidships, 2\ feet. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 72,744. Used by Chinese fishermen on the coasts of California 

 and Oregon. 



Chesapeake oyster-boat. 



Model, scale 1 inch to foot. Dug-out; open; washboard; widest 

 forward of amidships. Carries a pair of oyster-tongs and a pair 

 of oars. Baltimore, Md., 1875. 25,003. T.B.Ferguson. These 

 boats are used in the oyster -fisheries of Chesapeake Bay and 

 Biver. Dimensions of original. — Hull: Length, 27£ feet; height 

 amidships, 3^ feet ; beam, 5J feet. Oars, 9 feet ; tongs, 17 feet 

 long with heads 2 feet wide. Spars: Foremast, 20^ feet; main- 

 mast, 16J feet. 



Chesapeake bay oyster-boat. 



Model, scale 1 inch to the foot. Dug-out ; long and narrow ; round- 

 ing bottom; 2 masts, very much raked; 2 leg-of-mutton sails 

 and jib; carries a pair of oyster-tongs. Baltimore, Md., 1880. 

 39,151. Presented by T. B. Ferguson. This model represents 

 a class of boats used more or less extensively in the oyster-fish- 

 eries of Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries. These boats are 

 formed from the trunks of trees. Dimensions of original. — Hull : 

 Length, over all 27£ feet, keel 25 feet; beam, 4 feet. Spars: 

 Foremast, 26^ feet; mainmast, 20ifeet; bowsprit, outside stem, 

 2J feet. 



