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Pollock hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Wooden reel with handle; 6-pound 

 tarred cotton line, 25 fathoms long ; Lot hrop's improved 1-pound 

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

 with swivel ; tarred cotton snood ; hemp ganging ; one central- 

 draught hook, No. 13, flatted. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. XL S. 

 Fish Commission. 54,500. Used in shore fishery for pollock. 



Pollock hand-line. 



Full rigged, ready for use. Blue cotton line No. 4, 25 fathoms 

 long, on wooden reel ; ^-pound lead sinker with leather straps ; 

 tarred cotton snoods, white cotton gangings ; one hook, central- 

 draught, No. 14, flatted. Kockport, Mass., 1882. 57,581. 

 Used by the boat fishermen of Cape Ann in the capture of 

 pollock. 



Pollock hand-line. 



Bigged on wooden reel with handle ; 6-pound tarred cotton line ; 

 1-pound lead sinker with horse 12 inches long, of heavy tarred 

 line served with twine and swivel at end ; snood of blue cotton 

 line; hemp ganging; one central-draught hook, No. 13, flatted. 

 Centennial collection, 1876. Bradford & Anthony, Boston, 

 Mass. 25,685. Used to some extent in off-shore fishery for 

 pollock. 



Bird hand-line. 



Full-rigged ; white cotton mackerel line on wooden reel ; blue cot- 

 ton ganging; one mackerel-hook. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 

 55,415. U. S. Fish Commission. Used in Grand Bank cod-fish- 

 ery in catching birds for bait. 



Sheepshead gear. 



White cotton ganging, double, served with thread; two straight- 

 • shank (I. P. large quarter) hooks, flatted. Saint Augustine, 

 Fla., 1880. 54,701. Collected by B. B. Earll. Used by fish- 

 ermen of Saint Augustine in the capture of sheepshead. 



Sea-bass gear. 



White cotton ganging, double, served with thread; two Virginia 

 hooks {%), flatted. Saint Augustine, Fla,, 1880. 54,507. Col- 

 lected by E. E. Earll. 



Sea-bass hand-line. 



Full rigged ; 5-pound tarred cotton line on wooden reel; small lead 

 sinker 2f inches long; snood 8 inches long, of double and 

 twisted line ; gangings 6 and 12 inches long ; two central- draught 

 hooks, No. 15, eyed. Staten Island, N. Y., 1883. 57,577. Gift 



