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MODERN HOOKS, DECORATED. 



(Those partially covered with artificial animals, feathers, bright- 

 colored cloth, or metal spoons and spinners, or other devices for allur- 

 ing the fish and causing them to take the hook.) 



Jigs and drails. 



Mackerel jigs. 



Old style. 39,175. Pattern of 1840. 25,941. Gloucester pattern. 

 Style of 1850. 32,734. Cape Ann patterns. 29,479; 39,171. 

 Ehode Island pattern. 25,599. 



Weakfish jig. — Ehode Island pattern. 25,600. 



Codfish jigs— Cape Cod patterns of 1850. 25,601; 29,461. 



Bltjefish drails. 



Hook-shanks covered with eelskin and cotton cloth. Cape Cod 

 and Ehode Island varieties. 24,807; 24,809; 29,425. 



Bltjefish drail. 



Hook with shank-mold in lead, shape of fish ; leather strap. Well- 

 fleet, Mass., 1830. 29,485. Gift of Newell B. Eich. • 



Bltjefish drails. 



Plain and galvanized hooks, variously mounted in lead, ivory, and 

 pearl. Used along the coasts of Southern New England and 

 New Jersey in trolling for bluefish. 



Bltjefish drails. 



Varieties of pearl and metal mounted hooks ; double hook gear. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 57,677. 



Bass and bluefish drails. 



Various designs ; hook-shanks mounted with cedar, bone, or cloth. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. 29,448; 57,677; 57,678. 



Bluefish squids. 



Eevolving metals, double hooks. U. S. Fish Commission (C, B. & 

 M.), 1880. 42,895. 



Dolphin drail. 



Long hook, shank covered with blue cotton, baited with white cot- 

 ton cloth. Gloucester, Mass., 1883. 57,044. Capt. J. W. Col- 

 lins. Carried on merchant vessels ; used in tropical waters for 

 the capture of dolphins. 



Mackerel-jig molds. 



Style of 1840. 39,174. Patent, 1870. 23,780. Styleofl880. 39,173. 

 Lead-lined. 25,781. Jig partly formed. 25,782; 39,171a. 



