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II.— IMPLEMENTS FOR SEIZURE OF OBJECTS. 



5. Scoops. 



shovels. 

 Oyster-shovels. 



Model of shovel used in handling oysters on board vessels and 

 boats in the Chesapeake oyster fishery. Baltimore, Md., 1880. 

 26,717. T. B. Ferguson. 



DIP-NETS. 



DIP-NETS USED FOR CATCHING PISH. 



Hand-net. 



A dip-net made of woven sinews, with wooden frame ; oval shape. 

 Cape Navarin, Alaska. 38,728. Collected by E. W. Nelson. 

 Used by natives of Alaska for taking sticklebacks. 



Fishing basket. 



Made in oval shape, of willow strips, by the Mohave Indians of 

 Colorado Biver. Handle, 4 feet long, fastened across the center 

 of the basket, which is 6 feet long, 25 inches wide, and 13 inches 

 deep. Colorado Biver, Arizona. 24,148. Collected by Dr. E. 

 Palmer. .These baskets are pushed up-stream in front of the 

 fishermen, who either wade or are paddled along in canoes. 



Dip-net. 



Made by the McCloud Biver Indians, and used for fishing in small 

 streams. Shasta County, California. 21,725. Collected by 

 Livingstone Stone. 



Dip-net. 



Made by the Indians and used in the capture of the oulachon or 

 candle-fish (Thaleichthys pacijicus) on the northwest coast of 

 America. 658. Collected by G. Gibbs. 



Fish-dipper. 



Made of spruce roots, and fitted to short handle. Diameter of bowl, 

 8 inches; depth, 7 inches. Bristol Bay, Alaska. 55,936. Col- 

 lected by C. L. McKay. Used by natives of Alaska in dipping 

 up blackfish. 



Smelt-net. 



Made of whalebone, with stone sinker. Diameter of hoop, 44 

 inches ; depth of net, 24 inches. Plover Bay, Alaska. 49,178. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson, 



