[113] FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 757 



TWO-PRONGED GRAPPLING. 



Galvanized iron ; double shanks, united at top, where there is an 

 eye and thimble ; separated below with reversed prongs. Length, 

 2| feet. Saint George's Eiver, Maine. 22,223. Presented by 

 Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. Used for boat and net anchor and 

 also for dragging after lost cables, anchors, &c. 



Grappling anchor. 



Galvanized iron ; four prongs braced at the bottom. Thimble in 

 ring at top of shank. Length, 17|- inches ; spread of prongs, 14|- 

 inches. Presented by Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 56,860. Used 

 for anchoring nets, &c. 



Iron killick for shore cod-trawl. 



An ordinary yoke-shaped killick, of blacked iron, with small piece of 

 buoy-line attached . Length of shank, 13£ inches ; flukes (point 

 to point), 11 inches. U. S. Fish Commission. 54,538. Used 

 for anchoring trawl-lines, &c. 



Iron killick. 



Black ; flat flukes ; oblong piece of iron at right angles to flukes, 

 held in place by shank of two pieces of twisted iron rod. Length 

 of shank, 13 inches ; flukes, 13^ inches (from point to point). 

 Gloucester, Mass. 32,675. Presented by A. Yoss. Used prin- 

 cipally for anchoring trawl-lines. 



Iron killick. 



Galvanized iron ; flat flukes, with 8 inches spread ; flat piece of iron 

 fixed in the shank, which is double, being bent around the plate 

 and fastened in the fluke like a yoke ; thimble in top of shank. 

 Length of iron weight, 8 inches; width, 3 inches,- thickness, 1£ 

 inches. Gloucester, Mass. 56,862. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 Used for anchoring trawl-lines, nets, &c. 



Stone killick. 



Eough, rectangular stone block fastened in a yoke, the arms of the 

 yoke forming the flukes ; rope strap fastened to arms. Eock 

 8£ by 6£ by 3 inches j sticks, 2 feet long ; fluke piece, 1 foot long. 

 Eockport, Mass., 1883. 54,417. U. S. Fish Commission. Used 

 for anchoring boats, nets, and lines. 



Stone killick for herring-net. 



An oblong piece of rough granite, weighing about 60 pounds, 

 fastened in a wooden and iron yoke, the iron part of which 

 forms the flukes, and two sticks, the shank. Eock, 26 inches 

 long, 7£ inches wide, 4 inches thick at bottom, 3 inches thick 

 at top. Eockport, Mass., 1882. 54,548. U.S. Fish Commission. 

 Used for anchoring gill-nets. Usually made by the fishermen 

 and called the "poor man's anchor." 



