902 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [78] 



****Missiles propelled by explosives. 



13. Guns. 



Whaling guns, shoulder guns, swivel guns. 



(See section E, "The Whale Fishery and its Appliances.") 



IV.— BAITED HOOKS, ANGLING TACKLE, &c. 



14. Hooks with movable lines. Hand tackle. 



tackle for surface fishing. 



angler's tackle for fly-fishing. 



(Salmon tackle, trout tackle, black-bass tackle, shad tackle.) 



TROLLING TACKLE. 



(Trolling tackle, whiffihg-tackle, drailing-tackle. The parts of 

 these gears may be seen in their proper places, with hooks, 

 lines, &c.) 



PAINTINGS AND PHOTOGRAPHS ILLUSTRATIVE OF ANGLING. 



Paintings of game fishes. 



Game fishes of the United States : 



A series of 20 magnificent paintings of fishes and scenery, by S. A. 

 Kilbourne, with text by G. Brown Goode, assistant director 

 United States National Museum and assistant in the United 

 States Fish Commission; ten parts in wrappers, not stitched, 

 large folio, 1879-1881. 



The plates are the exact reproductions of the water-color paintings 

 of S. A. Kilbourne, the studies for which were made from life, 

 by the brook and on the shore. The details of form and struct- 

 ure are preserved with scientific accuracy, while color and life- 

 action are shown with excellent effect. The work has been 

 completed in ten parts, each part containing two plates, size 

 20£ by 14 inches, mounted on heavy board, 28 by 22 inches : 

 and the letter-press printed on rich-toned calendered paper. 

 Wood-engravings are added. 



" Mr. Kilbourne's paintings will open up a new world of delight to 

 many who have never dreamed of the loveliness of the deni- 

 zens of our own streams and bays. * * * Game fishes are 

 those which, by reason of their cunning, courage, strength, 

 beauty, and the sapidity of their flesh, are sought for by those 

 who angle for sport with delicate fishing tackle. * * * In 

 preparing the following essays my endeavor has been to give 

 a concise account of habits and geographical distribution. De- 

 scriptions would be superfluous, for Mr. Kilbourne has com- 

 bined in his paintings artistic truth of coloring and scientific 

 accuracy in the delineation of form. Fish-culture is frequently 



