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Small's patent boom-crotch supporters — Continued. 



designed for use on fishing vessels at sea,.and have been found 

 so much better adapted for the purpose for which they are 

 made that they have been quite generally adopted. 



BUOYS. 



Cable buoy. 



Heavy oak, iron-bound cask, having 8 iron hoops, and slung witL 

 stout manila rope. Dimensions : Length of staves, 46 inches, 

 diameter of heads, 20^ inches. Provincetown, Mass., 1883. 

 56,945. U. S. Fish Commission. Buoys of this kind are used 

 by tbe codfishing vessels from Provincetown and other New 

 England ports for the purpose of buoying their cables so as to 

 keep them off the bottom when fishing at Virgin Rocks on the 

 Grand Bank and elsewhere where there is rocky ground. Sev- 

 eral of these buoys are fastened to the cable when a long scope 

 is paid out. 



CLAWS. 



Devil's claw. 



Made of galvanized iron. A double claw, 4£ inches long, with eye 

 at top. Provincetown, Mass. 29,442. Gift of W. H. Hes- 

 bolt. Used to stop the chain when the windlass is wanted for 

 other purposes. 



PADDLES. 



Canoe-paddles. 



Two paddles used by the Haidah Indians. Ornamented. Length, 

 61 inches. Queen Charlotte Islands. 72,675. James G. Swan. 



FlSHINO-P ADDLE. 



The common form of paddle used by the natives when fishing. 

 Length, 50 inches. Makah Indians, Cape Flattery, Washing- 

 ton Territory. 72,694. James G. Swan. The paddles of the 

 Makahs are made of yew, and are usually procured by barter 

 with the Clyoquot Indians. Blade broad; end rounded in an 

 ovalor lanceolate form. When new the paddles are blackened 

 by slightly charring them in the fire, and polished. 



