846 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [22] 



SPADES USED EOR DIGGING CLAMS AND OTHER INVERTEBRATES. 

 EOOT AND CLAM DIGGER. 



Used by women. Indian name, u Kla-pai-uk." Length, 39£ inches. 

 M&kah Indians, Cape Flattery, Washington Territory, 1883. 

 72,677. James G-. Swan. 



PHOTOGRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS OF FISHERIES IN WHICH SPADES ARE EMPLOYED. 



Clam-digging. 



Photographs of clam-boats stranded upon the beach, with clam- 

 diggers engaged in unloading cargoes and carrying them to the 

 clam-shanties, where they are shucked and sold for bait or sold 

 fresh to peddlers, who carry them through the country. Size, 

 8 by 10 inches. Essex, Mass., 1882. (309) 1,961. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Clam-digging. 



A nearer photographic view of 1,961 (309), showing the men unload- 

 ing clam-boats, and boys engaged in shelling, and peddlers' 

 carts waiting to be loaded. Size, 8 by 10 inches. Essex, Mass., 

 1882. (310) 1,962. U. S. Fish Commission. 



Clam-digging. 



Photograph of clam-boats stranded upon the beach, with clam-dig- 

 gers engaged in unloading cargoes and carrying them to the 

 clam-shanties, where they are shucked and sold for bait, or sold 

 fresh to peddlers, who carry them through the country. Size, 

 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric light from an 8 by 10 

 negative. Essex, Mass., 1882. (309) 1,961. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. 



Clam-digging. 



A nearer photographic view of 1,961 (309), showing the men unload- 

 ing clam-boats, and boys engaged in shelling, and peddlers' 

 carts waiting to be loaded. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged 

 by electric light from an 8 by 10 negative. Essex, Mass., 1882. 

 (310) 1,962. U. S. Fish Commission, 



CLAM AND BAIT CHOPPERS. 



Clam-chopper (old style). 



Two iron blades, parallel to each other and joined at the top to a 

 shank which is driven into a wooden handle. Length of blades, 

 8 inches ; width, 1£ inches ; length of handle, 2£ feet ; diame- 

 ter, 1£ inches. Eockport, Mass., 1840. 54,418. Gift of W. 

 B. Parsons. Used for chopping up clams for mackerel bait 



