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Mackerel dip-net (exhibited with lay figure). 



Consists of galvanized-iron hoop fastened to a long, stout, spruce- 

 wood handle. A deep bag-net of tarred cotton is secured to 

 the hoop, to which is also fastened a rope bridle with a thimble 

 seized in the bight ; into this thimble is bent a hoisting rope 

 when the net is used. Diameter of hoop, 27 inches ; length of 

 handle, 10 feet ; diameter of handle, 3 inches. Gloucester, Mass. , 

 1883. 57,830. IT. S. Fish Commission. Used for bailing 

 mackerel from purse-seines or pockets to the deck of a schooner. 



Fish-scoop. 



Oval-shaped scoop made of wire, 20 inches long and 17 inches wide, 

 fitted to wooden handle 46 inches long. U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion, dsed in Western States for handling whitefish. 



DIP-NETS USED FOR REMOVING ICE FROM FISHING HOLES. 



Small ice-dipper. 



Handle, wood, half-inch in diameter; dipper, bone, steamed and 

 bent; circular bottom and flaring tip; bottom reticulate. 

 Length, 21£ inches. Diomede Island, Alaska. 63,605. Col- 

 lected by E. W. Nelson. Old. Used by natives for remov- 

 ing loose ice from seal-holes. 



Larce ice-dipper. 



Handle, wood, partially painted brick-dust red; dipper made of 

 whalebone, steamed and bent into an almost circular shape 

 (3f inches by 3J inches at bottom, 1 inch deep), with a lip j 

 the bottom is interlaced with seal-skin thongs, forming a 

 strainer ; the dipper is lashed to the pole with seal sinew. New. 

 Length, 38 inches. Alaska. 36,024. Collected by E. W. Nel- 

 son. Used by natives, when seal-hunting, for removing loose 

 ice from seal-holes. 



DREDGES. 



SMOOTH DREDGES. 



Oyster-scrape. 



Galvanized-iron frame and net; no teeth. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 57,090. Used along Atlantic coast of the United States on 

 oyster-beds in shoal water and soft bottom. 



Oyster-dredge. 



Iron frame, 7 feet wide across mouth ; lower side of net of iron 

 mesh : upper side of white line ; large wooden roller at bottom 

 of net ; no teeth. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,571. This style 

 of dredge is used by the steam oyster-dredgers in Long Island 

 Sound; usually two are carried, one being worked on each 

 side of the vessel. 



