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Birch-bark canoe. 



Photograph (30 by 40 inches) of a birch-bark canoe, of Eastern 

 Maine, being carried by two Indians of the Passamaquoddy 

 tribe. Eastport, Me., 1882. (Photo. No. 1909.) U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Birch-bark canoe. 



Sketch of a birch-bark canoe with two Indians in it engaged in 

 fishing on a river. Drawn by L. Moeller. Washington, D. C, 

 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 



26. Skin boats. 

 Bidarka. 



Sketch of a skin canoe such as are used by the natives of Alaska. 

 Sketch shows a number of these boats with Aleuts in them 

 engaged in catching codfish. Drawn by H. W. Elliott. Wash- 

 ington, D. C, 1883. U. S. Fish Commission. 



27. Dug-outs. 

 Chinese fishing boats. 



Sketch of a number of boats such as are used by the Chinese fish- 

 ermen of California. Monterey, Cal., 1882. IT. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



28. Ship-yards, boat-shops, etc. 



Hauling timber, Essex. 



Ox team, on the road at Essex, hauling logs to saw-mill to be made 

 into plank for building fishing vessels. Essex, Mass., 1882. 

 (Photo. No. 1960.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Fishing vessel building at Essex. 



Ship-yard of Willard A. Burnham, Fishing schooner (owned by 

 J. F. Wonson & Co., East Gloucester) ready for launching. 

 Laying the keel and ribs of a new vessel. Essex, Mass., 1882. 

 (Photo. No. 1958.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Ship-yards, Essex. 



General view of vessels on the stocks at Essex. New schooner in 

 the foreground, with shears erected for putting in masts. Es- 

 sex, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 1959.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



New fishing schooner fitting out. 



View of a new fishing schooner (the same that was photographed 

 when just ready to launch at Essex) lying at the wharf of J. 

 F. Wonson & Co., Gloucester, Mass., 1882. (Photo. No. 2084.) 

 IT. S. Fish Commission. 



