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Fishing-line — Continued. 



toms, as they do not foul with the rocks. Makah Indians, 

 Cape Flattery, Washington Territory. 72,645. James G. 

 Swan. 



FlSHING-LINE. 



Made of kelp, to which are fastened seven small gorge-hooks made of 

 pieces of iron sharp at both ends, by a ganging of twisted sinew 

 tied to middle. Neah Bay, Wash., 1883. 72,645 (a). Collected 

 by James G. Swan. Made by Makah Indians, and preferred 

 for fishing on a rocky bottom, as they will not foul like bent 

 hooks. 



(Modern hand-line gear.) 

 Shore cod hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Wooden reel, with handle ; 6-i)ound 

 tarred cotton line, 25 fathoms long; Lothrop's improved 2- 

 pound lead sinker, with brass tail-stock and bumper, and brass 

 horse with swivel, and leather strap ; tarred cotton snood, hemp 

 ganging ; one central-draught hook, No. 12, flatted. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 54,501. Used in the 

 shore cod boat-fisheries in the vicinity of Cape Ann, Mass. 



Shore cod hand-line. 



Full-rigged, 8-pound tarred cotton line, 25 fathoms long, on wooden 

 reel; 2-pouod lead sinker, with brass ring, swivels and horse, 

 and leather straps ; blue cotton snoods ; hemp ganging ; one 

 Kirby hook, No. 2, flatted. Eockport, Mass., 1882. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 57,583. Used by the shore boat fishermen of 

 Cape Ann, Mass. 



Shore cod hand-line gear. 



Lothrop's 1-pound lead sinker, with leather strap, brass bumper, and 

 horse with swivel; snood of 6-pound tarred cotton line partly 

 served with twine ; slot swivel at end, hemp gangings ; two 

 central-draught hooks, No. 13, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 39,187. Attached to from 25 to 75 

 fathoms of tarred cotton line, this gear is used in the shore cod 

 boat fishery in the vicinity of Cape Ann, Mass. 



Shore cod hand-line gear. 



Lothrop's Impound lead sinker, with leather strap, brass bumper, 

 horse and swivel ; snoods of 6-pound tarred cotton line partly 

 served with twine; slot swivels at ends ; hemp gangings ; two 

 central-draught hooks, No. 13, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 39,186. Attached to from 25 to 75 

 fathoms of tarred cotton line, this gear is used in the shore 

 cod boat fishery in the vicinity of Cape Ann, Mass. 



