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Boat-lanterns — Continued. 



at back 21 inches ; each of the two sides 18 inches wide. South- 

 ern New England. 29.365. James H. Latham, Noank, Conn. 

 Used in bow of boat in weequasking or spearing eels by night. 



BOX SIONAL-LANTERN (old Style). 



Square wooden frame, top and bottom; 4 panes of glass, 11 by 7£ 

 inches, set on the side, one on each side. Door on one side 

 swings on hinges; top of lantern has been repaired with tin 

 when holes have been burned through. Dimensions, 16 inches 

 high, 9 inches square. Eockport, Mass. Gift of J. W". B. Par- 

 sons. This was in use about 1830, a candle or oil-lamp furnish- 

 ing the light. 



Fisherman's lantern. 



Tubular ; tin and glass. Height, 14 inches ; diameter at base, 7 

 inches. Value (1882), $1. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 54,382. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. Used on fishing- vessels, especially 

 those employed in the halibut and haddock fisheries, to hang 

 around the deck or in the hold while " baiting-up," or stowing 

 away the catch. 



Tub-lamp. 



Tin lamp to hang on side of trawl-tub while "baiting-up" in the 

 hold of a haddock vessel. Value (1882), 45 cents. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass. 54,381. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Binnacle lamp. 



Copper ; globular ; hung in gimbals ; fitted with kerosene burner ; 

 weighted with lead on the bottom to keep it upright. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., 1883. U. S. Fish Commission. Used on New Eng- 

 land fishing-vessels to light up the compass at night. 



Cabin lamp. 



Tin; fitted with kerosene burner; hung in gimbals. Gloucester, 

 Mass., 1883. U. S. Fish Commission. Used in the cabins and 

 forecastles of New England fishing- vessels. 



Fisherman's torch. 



Tin ; height, 9 inches ; greatest diameter, 6£ inches. Fitted by fish- 

 ermen to a staff about 6 feet long, and used about the deck 

 while dressing mackerel at night. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 

 54,384. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Fishermen's tin candlesticks. 



Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 54,416. U. S. Fish Commission. 



