[103] fisheries of the united states. 927 



Ground-shark hook. 



Pattern of 1840. Made of galvanized iron, rigged with chain 

 ganging; length of hook, 10 J inches; spread, 3 inches. Prov- 

 incetown, Mass., 1877. 29,461. Gift of Elisha Cook. 



Shark hook. 



Made of galvanized iron, ringed. Length, 10 inches ; spread, 3 

 inches. Wellfleet, Mass., 1877. 29,465. Gift of M. W. 

 Grant. 



Shark hooks. 



Made of iron, painted black; chain gangings; straight and curved 

 shank hooks. Series of eight sizes, for small and large sharks.. 

 TJ. S. Fish Commission. 25,538. 



Shark hooks. 



Made of iron, painted black ; very large and heavy ; chain gang- 

 ings, with swivels ; two sizes. Length of hooks, 18 inches- 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 25,538 a. 



"Forged" O'Shaughnessy hooks. 

 Tied to double gut. 42,873 e. 



Samples of fish-hooks used in sea fisheries. 



Manufactured by J. W. Court & Co., Brooklyn, N. Y. These hooks 

 are mostly used in the cod, haddock, hake, halibut, and mack- 

 erel fisheries, though the latter fishery is now conducted almost 

 entirely with the purse-seine. The central-draught hooks are 

 the latest pattern, and are usually given the preference over the 

 straight-shank hook. No. 10, central-draught, and No. 6,281 

 straight-shank are used for large codfish in hand-line fishing,, 

 and Nos. 11, 12, and 13, and 6,282 to 6,284 for smaller fish. No. 

 14 is a Grand Bank trawl hook, and 15, 16, and 17 are for had- 

 dock trawls. Exhibited by Mckerson & Baxter, Boston, Mass. 



Barbless hooks. 



Samples of home-made barbless hooks used in trout and bass fish- 

 ing. Exhibited by Monroe A. Green, Mumford, N. Y. 



Treble hooks. 



Bright treble hooks. 



Eyed. English make. William Mills & Son. 56,991. 



Treble hooks. 



Bright. English make. A . B. Shipley & Son. 57,056. 



Treble hooks. 



Spring shank. English make. William Mills & Son. 56,990. 



