864 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [40] 



Squid-jig. 



Pattern of 1846. Made of brass pins seized with cotton twine ; 

 lead sinker 3£ inches long. Gloucester, Mass. 54,480. Gift 

 of David W. Low. Used to catch squid for cod-bait. 



Squid-jig. 



Style of 1850. Made of 8 brass pins molded in lead sinker 3£ inches 

 long. Gloucester, Mass. 39,177. Gift of Daniel McAskell. 

 Used in catching squid for bait. 



Squid- jig. 



Made by fishermen on shipboard. Brass pins molded to lead sinker 

 2 inches long. Gloucester, Mass. 57,947. Gift of Captain 

 George Merchant,Jr. Used to catch squid for cod-bait. 



Squid line and jig. 



White cotton line on wooden reel ; blue cotton ganging ; jig made 

 of brass pins molded to lead sinker 3 J inches long. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass. 54,414. U. S. Fish Commission. Used in hand- line 

 dory cod-fishing on Grand Bank to catch squid for bait. 



Squid-jig. 



Made by fishermen on ship-board. Brass pins seized with tarred 

 cotton twine to lead sinker 3£ inches long. Gloucester, Mass., 

 1880. 39,176. U. S. Fish Commission. Used to catch squid 

 for cod-bait. 



Squid-jig. 



Made of brass pins molded to lead sinker 3J inches long, painted 

 red. Gloucester, Mass., 1878. 32,722. Gift of Kobert H. 

 Hurlburt. Used to catch squid for cod-bait. 



Squid-jig. 



Made of brass pins molded to lead sinker 3 inches long. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., 1878. 32,721. Gift of Bobert H. Hurlburt. Used 

 in catching squid for cod-bait. 



Squid-jig. 



Made of brass pins molded to lead sinker 3 inches long, painted 

 red. Gloucester, Mass., 1876. 25,776. Collected by A. R. 

 Crittenden. Used to catch squid for cod 'bait. 



Squid-jig former. 



Made of soapstone in truncated form, with longitudinal grooves for 

 shaping pins for squid-jigs. Rockport, Mass., 1877. 29,447, 

 Gift of John B. Parsons, 



