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Oyster-tongs — Continued. 



heads and shafts, and forming the receptacle for the oysters; 

 head and frame in same plane with shaft ; shafts of wood, 8 

 feet long, joined 27 inches from heads by a brass pin. Provi- 

 dence, R. I. 26,109. S. Salisbury. Used in Narragansett Bay 

 and Long Island Sound. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Wooden heads, 2 feet wide, fitted with 12 small iron teeth in each ; 

 11 brass rods extend from heads to shafts, forming the recep- 

 tacle for the oysters; head and frame in same plane as shaft; 

 each shaft is made of wood, and is 8 feet long; shafts joined 31 

 inches from heads by a brass pin. Providence, R. I. 26,110. 

 S. Salisbury. Used in Narragansett Bay and Long Island 

 Sound. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Iron head and frame, 20 inches wide ; frame consists of 3 iron rods 

 on each side, curved outward to increase capacity ; 10 teeth 

 in each head ; shafts, 10 feet long, joined at 33 inches from head. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 57,693. Used along the whole coast. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Galvanized-iron head and frame, 20 inches wide. Frame consists 

 of 5 iron bars on each side, curved outward to increase capac- 

 ity ; 10 teeth in each head ; shafts of wood, joined at 30 inches 

 from head. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,691. Used from ISTar- 

 ragansett Bay to the Capes of Virginia. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Galvanized-iron frame and head, 20 inches wide ; frame consists of 

 two bars, slightly curved outward to increase capacity; 10 

 teeth in each head ; shafts of wood, joined at 29 inches from 

 head. Middletown, Conn. 25,205. Wilcox, Crittenden & Co. 

 Used in Long Island Sound. 



Oyster-tongs. 



Small model of oyster-tongs used on the New Jersey coast. Ex- 

 hibited by William P. Haywood, West Creek, N. J. 



NIPPERS. 



Catfish-nippers. 



Philadelphia, Pa. Exhibit of A. B. Shipley & Sons. 



