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COLLINS'S IMPROVED ADJUSTABLE MARINE DRAG — Continued. 



the drags ordinarily employed for the same purpose. Dimen- 

 sions : Circumference of hoop, 18 feet ; length of cross-bars, 5 

 feet 10£ inches ; size of iron, 1% inches 5 length of bridle chains 

 (each), 5 feet; circumference of bag, 19 feet; depth of bag, 4 

 feet; canvas (No. 0), white cotton duck; buoy, 7-gallon keg ; 

 buoy-line, 10 fathoms long; tripping-line, 25 fathoms long. 

 Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,015. Capt. J. W. Collins. This drag 

 is used to insure the greater safety of vessels in heavy gales, 

 and also to prevent them from drifting so rapidly to leeward 

 as they usually do when it is not employed. It is secured to a 

 hawser or chain and paid out from the bow of a schooner, the 

 distance varying from 25 to 75 fathoms. 



Collins's adjustable marine DRAG- (model, scale of one-third). 

 Gloucester, Mass. 39,188. Capt. J. W. Collins. Used by vessels 

 " lying to " in a storm. 



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54. Scrapers and deck-scrubs. 



Improved ship's deck-scraper. 



Triangular, concave, steel head, fastened by means of a screw to an 

 iron socket into which the wooden handle fits. Length of the 

 sides of head 4f inches, handle 18 inches. Middletown, Conn. 

 54,325. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. Used for scraping the pitch 

 from a vessel's deck and the outside of the hull. The peculiar 

 form of the head of this scraper renders it better for the work. 



Deck-scrapers. 



Series of ships' deck-scrapers. Middletown, Conn. 25,160. Wil- 

 cox, Crittenden & Co. 



Squillgee. 



Consists of head and handle. Head flat piece of w T ood, into one 

 edge of which is fastened, in a groove, a strip of rubber ; handle 

 of wood; length of head, 15 inches; width, 3 J inches; length 

 of handle, 4 feet. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,811. U.S. Fish 

 Commission. Used for cleaning decks, floors of packing-houses, 

 &c. 



Deck-scrubbing broom. 



Bough oak sapling, with one end stripped in fibers or slivers, 

 to form the broom. These fibers are tied together with a piece 

 of marline. Length 40 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 18S3. 57,813. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. Used for scrubbing decks, ice-houses, 

 &c. 



