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Drum-fish hand-line. 



White cotton line wound on circular block ; two round, sliding 

 sinkers; ganging served with thread; large, curved hook. 

 Saint Augustine, Fla., 1880. 54,504. Collected by E. E. 

 Earll. Used in the capture of drum-fish off the Florida coast. 



PHOTOGRAPHSS, DRAWINGS, AND PAINTINGS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE HAND-LINE FISH- 

 ERIES. 



Pollock hand-lining. 



Photograph showing a fleet of vessels and boats engaged in pol- 

 lock fishing off Cape Ann. A pinkey in the foreground has 

 fishermen in the act of hauling fish on deck. Size, 8 by 10 

 inches. Massachusetts Bay, 1882. (277) 1,940. U. S. Fish 

 Commission. 



Hand-lining on George's Banks. 



An India-ink sketch showing a portion of the deck of a Gloucester 

 vessel with three of the crew engaged in catching cod with hand- 

 lines. One man is unhooking a fish which he has just caught, 

 a second is just hauling a large cod over the rail with a gaff, 

 while the third is holding his line out for a bite. Size, 30 by 40 

 inches. Washington, D. C, 1882. H. W. Elliott and J. W. 

 Collins. 



Eskimo fishing for halibut. 



An India-ink sketch showing a number or Eskimo in single bidarkas, 

 engaged in fishing for halibut with hand-lines on the Alaskan 

 coast. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. C, 1882. H.W. 

 Elliott and J. W. Collins. 



Eskimo fishing for halibut. 



An India-ink sketch of Eskimo in single and double kyaks engaged 

 in catching halibut with hand-lines on the coast of Alaska. 

 To prevent the kyaks from upsetting, two boats come together 

 and steady themselves by means of the paddles which are 

 stretched from one to the other and held firmly. A man in 

 one boat holds the hand-line, and the one in the other holds a 

 club ready to kill the halibut as soon as it is brought to the 

 surface. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Washington, D. C, 1882. 

 Henry W. EUiott. 



Bluefish hand-lining. 



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An enlarged photograph showing group of bluefish fishermen on 

 board their vessel, with apparatus and outfit ready for engag- 

 ing in the fishery. Size, 30 by 40 inches. Enlarged by electric 

 light from an 8 by 10 negative. New York Harbor, 1882. U. 

 S. Fish Commission. 

 2444— Bull. 27 58 



