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Bank and shore cod hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Wooden reel with becket and swivel ; 

 8-pound tarred cotton line, 50 fathoms long ; Lothrop's im- 

 proved 3-pound lead sinker with brass tail-stock, bumper, and 

 horse with swivel; tarred cotton snoods, partly served with 

 twine; slot swivels at ends, hemp gangings, two hooks, cen- 

 tral-draught, No. 12, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. U. S. 

 Fish Commission. 54,502. Used in the Western, Grand Bank, 

 and shore cod hand-line fisheries. 



Bank cod hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Wooden reel with becket and swivel ; 

 12-pound tarred cotton line, 50 fathoms long; Lothrop's im- 

 proved 4-pound lead sinker with brass tail-stock, bumper, and 

 horse with swivel ; snoods of tarred cotton partly served with 

 twine, slot swivels at ends ; hemp gangings ; two central-draught 

 hooks, No. 12, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 54,503. Used in the hand-line cod fisheries on 

 Banquereau and Grand and Western Banks. 



Bank cod hand -line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Wooden reel with handle ; 10-pound 

 tarred cotton line, 25 fathoms long; 5-pound lead sinker; rope 

 horse served with twine, brass swivel at end; snoods of 8-pound 

 tarred cotton line partly served with twine ; gangings of hemp; 

 two central- draught hooks, No. 12, flatted. Centennial collec- 

 tion, 1876. Bradford & Anthony, Boston, Mass. 25,686. Used 

 in varied lengths by many New England vessels in the Western 

 and Grand Bank cod fishery. 



Bank cod hand-line. 



About 15 fathoms of 10-pound tarred cotton line, on wooden reel, 

 with handle; 3^-pound lead sinker with strap and horse made 

 of tarred cotton line served with twine ; blue cotton snoods ; 

 hemp gangings; two Kirby hooks, Nos. 2 and 4, flatted. Glou- 

 cester, Mass., 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,584. Used in 

 cod fishery from dories on Banquereau, Grand, and Western 

 Banks. 



Shore cod and pollock hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Blue cotton line 50 fathoms long, on 

 wooden reel ; 1 pound lead sinker with brass ring and swivel ; 

 leather strap ; and brass horse with leather straps ; blue cotton 

 snood; hemp ganging ; one central- draught hook, No. 14, flatted. 

 Eockport, Mass., 1882. U. S. Fish Commission. 57,582. Used 

 by the shore boat fishermen of Cape Ann in the capture of cod 

 and pollock. 



