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21. QUODDY AND BLOCK ISLAND BOATS. 

 QUODDY BOAT. 



Quoddy boat Millet Swett at anchor, with sails furled. Eastport, 

 Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1907.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Quoddy boat. 



Quoddy boat (same as above) under mainsail and jib. Eastport, 

 Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1910.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Sardine (Quoddy) boat. 



View of a sardine boat discharging at Gillis's Wharf. Lubec, Me., 

 1882. (Photo. No. 1920.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Fishing boat. 



View of an Eastport dock at low tide, showing the fishing boat 

 Smuggler caught up by the nose. Eastport, Me., 1882. (Photo. 

 No. 1927.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Block Island fishing boat. 



Crayon sketch (30 by 40 inches), showing the Block Island fishing 

 boat in various positions. Drawn by II. W. Elliott and J. W. 

 Collins. Washington, D. C, 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 



22. Seine-boats. 

 Fleet of seine-boats. 



Mackerel purse-seine boats hauled up in winter quarters in the 

 woods near Higgins & Gifford's boat shop ; view from hill. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2030.) U.S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Seine-boats. 



Seine-boats in winter quarters; view from road. Gloucester, Mass. 

 1882. (Photo. No. 2037.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Purse-seine boats. 



Seine-boat rowed by crew, with seine stowed ; belonging to schooner 

 E. W. Merchant, of Gloucester, Mass., Capt. Everett Clifford. 

 Eockport, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 1831.) U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. 



23. Sharpies. 



Connecticut sharpy. 



A two-sail sharpy such as are used on the coast of Connecticut in 

 the oyster and other fisheries. These are flat-bottomed, wide- 

 sterned boats, with two leg-of-mutton sails. New Haven, 

 Conn., 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 



