[85] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES, 909 



George's cod hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use ; 16-pound tarred cotton line, 75 fathoms 

 long; 9-pound lead sinker with galvanized iron tail-stock; 

 wooden horse, with brass swivel ; sling ding gear of tarred cot- 

 ton line served with twine ; brass spreader ; snoods 5 feet long, 

 of 12-pound tarred cotton line ; slot swivels of brass ; hemp 

 gangings ; two central- draught hooks, No. 10, flatted. Boston, 

 Mass., 1876. 25,687. 



George's ood hand-line. 



Rigged for use; 16-pound tarred cotton line, on wooden reel; 9-pound 

 lead sinker, with galvanized iron tail-stock ; iron horse, with 

 brass swivel at end ; sling-ding gear, with iron spreader; snoods 

 each 5 feet long, of 8-pound tarred cotton line, with slot swivels; 

 tarred cotton gangings; two central draught hooks, No. 10, flat- 

 ted. Gloucester, Mass., 1877. Made by Alexander McOurdy. 

 29,471. Used by Gloucester vessels in cod and halibut fishery 

 on George's Bank. 



George's hand-line gear. 



Lothrop's 9-pound lead sinker, with galvanized iron tail-stock and 

 brass bumper; woodenhorse, with brass swivel; sling-ding gear 

 of tarred cotton line, and galvanized iron spreader; tarred cot- 

 ton snoods, with slot swivels; hemp gangings; two central- 

 draught hooks, No. 10, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 39,182. Attached to 125 fathoms of line, 

 this gear is used in the fishery for cod and halibut on George's 

 Bank. 



George's cod hand-line. 



Fall-rigged, ready for use, coiled in wooden tub made from a flour 

 barrel; 16 pounds tarred cotton line, 125 fathoms long; Loth- 

 rop's improved 9-pound lead sinker with galvanized iron tail- 

 stock, leather strap, brass bumper, and wooden horse, with brass 

 swivel ; sling-ding gear of tarred cotton line, and galvanized 

 iron spreader : snoods of tarred cotton, with slot- swivels at 

 ends; hemp gangings ; two central-draught hooks, No. 10, flat- 

 ted. Gloucester, Mass. 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 54,499. 

 Used by Gloucester vessels in fishing for cod and halibut on 

 George's Bank. 



Cod hand-line. 



Style of 1812 to 18S0. Cotton line ; 5-pound lead sinker with leather 

 straps ; horse made of heavy line, horn swivel, short snoods, 

 two straight-shank cod hooks seized to gangings 12 inches long. 

 Provincetown, Mass. 1877. Gift of Capt. Lemuel Cook, 2d. 

 29,483. This hand-line was used by Captain Cook from 1812 

 to 1830 in the Bank and shore cod fisheries. 



