[49] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 873 



Toggle-iron — Continued. 



of shank. Intended to be used in striking sword-fish or por- 

 poises. Length, lOf inches. 56.409. Gift of A. E. Crittenden. 



Toggle-iron. 



Head and portion of shank of toggle-iron. Evidently intended for 

 striking sword-fish, porpoises, and blackfish. Head, steel, mor- 

 tised; shank, wrought-iron. Length, 10 inches. 56,407. Gift 

 of A. E. Crittenden. 



Toggle-iron. 



Head and portion of shank of toggle-iron. Evidently a kind of 

 lily-iron intended to be used for striking the sword-fish or por- 

 poise. Toggle with double diamond point ; slotted and hinged 

 at center to end of shank ; shank wrought-iron. Length, 10£ 

 inches. 56,406. Gift of A. E. Crittenden. 



Turtle-peg harpoon. 



A dart or harpoon about two inches long, with lines attached; head 

 to set in pole. Key West, Fla., 1880. 39,427. Gift of Dr. J. 

 W. Velie. Used on the southern coast for the capture of tur- 

 tles. 



Lily-iron. 



Sample of an improved form of lily-iron used in the capture of 

 swordfish off the New England coast. Exhibited by William 

 Taylor, Portland, Me. 



MODERN HARPOONS. 



(See catalogue of " The Whale Fishery and its Appliances.") 



ABORIGINAL HARPOONS. 



Fish harpoons. 



Fish-spear. (Model.) 



Long, light, bone head, driven into slender cedar staff and secured 

 by seizing of fine sinew ; wooden socket in end receives detach- 

 able barbed ivory tip, through which is rove the line made of 

 sinew sennit. Length : staff, 23 inches ; head, 7f inches ; tip, 

 li inches. Alaska, 1857. 2,530. U. S. Pacific Exploring 

 Expedition, Commodore John Eodgers, U. S. N., commanding. 



Fish- spear. 



Long, round, bone head, bifurcated to receive light wooden shaft 

 and secured by serving of fine sinew. Wooden socket in end 

 receives small detachable ivory tip, through which is rove the 

 line made of sinew sennk>. Length : staff, 43^ inches; head, 8 

 inches ; tip, 2£ inches. Alaska, 1857. 2,530-2. U. S. Pacific 

 Exploring Expedition, Commodore John Eodgers, U. S. N. 

 commanding. 



