[43] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 867 



Eel-spear. 



Made of galvanized iron ; eight hook-prongs and one spear-shape ; 

 socket for handle. Belfast, Me., 1877. 29,495. Gift of John 

 Thoinbs. Pattern of eel-spear peculiar to Belfast and vicinity. 



Eel-spear. 



Nine prongs, eight with hook ends and one speared ; socket for 

 handle. U. S. Fish Commission (B. & A.). 25,558 (a). For 

 winter fishing. 



Eel-spear. 



Eleven prongs, ten with hooked ends and one spear-shape ; socket 

 for handle. U. S. Fish Commission. 25,224. Southern New 

 England pattern. 



Frostfish spear. 



A row of twelve sail-needles set in flat piece of wood ; pine handle, 

 spliced in wedge-shaped form in head of ash. Full length of 

 handle, 5 feet. New Bedford, Mass., 1882. 57,083. Gift of 

 James Beetle. Used on Southern New England coast for the 

 capture of frostfish. 



Adjustable prongs. 



Five-pronged grains. 



Adjustable; prongs of steel ; socket for handle. Wilcox, Crittenden 

 & Co. 54,324. Used same as spear in the capture of fish. 



Eel-spears. 



Adjustable prongs, patent ; seven prongs ; six with hook ends, one 

 spear-shape. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,096. 



Eel-Spears. 



Adjustable prongs ; Hedges's patent ; socket for handle ; five and 

 nine prongs. Made by S. P. Hedges. 26,072 to 26,074. 



Eel-spear. 



Nine prongs, adjustable, patent ; six prongs, with hook ends, one 

 spear-shape. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,097. 



Adjustable prongs. 



Hook ends ; for patent eel-spear. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,098. 



ABORIGINAL FISH-SPEARS. 



Salmon- spear. 



Pole, white pine ; two bone prongs, with triangular barbs, fastened 

 with wooden pegs and lashed with strips of baleen ; central 

 spear, bone, bai bless. Length, 52 inches. Norton Sound, 

 Alaska, 1876. 29,864. Collected by L. M. Turner. Used to 

 capture salmon when ascending small rivers and creeks. 



