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Skin of dogfish. — For smoothing jigs. 56,954. 

 Steel file. — For smoothing jigs and hooks. 54,398. 

 Jig-rasp. — For shaping jigs. 54,397. 

 Jig-ladle. — For pouring lead into molds. 54,383. 

 Lead for making jigs. — 32,663. 



Artificial minnows, etc. (made to represent the minnows, etc., on which the fish feeds). 



Artificial baits. 



Soft-rubber crawfish, helgamites, frogs, grasshopper, May fly, and: 

 cricket. William Mills & Son. 57,003; 57,004; 57,012. 



Phantom minnows. 



Made of silk coated with rubber, very light. Mounted with three 

 treble hooks. William Mills & Son. 57,008. 



Protean minnows. 



Made of soft rubber, with snells and treble hooks. William Mills; 

 & Son. 57,010. ' 



Caledonian minnows. 



Made of hard rubber, with snells and treble hooks. William Mills 

 & Son. 57,009. 



Artificial baits. 



Minnows made of pearl, for single or double hooks. Centennial! 

 collection, 1876. 25,666. Gift of William M. Young. 



Artificial bait. 



Metal minnow, treble hook, wire snell, with swivel. U. S. Fish 

 Commission, 1876. 25,550 c. 



Minnow gangs. 



Single and treble hooks, mounted on gut and gimp snells and rigged 

 with swivels. William Mills & Son, New York. 56,992. 



Spoon baits. 



Spoon baits. 



Nickel-plated spoons, double hooks, trimmed with feathers. Syra- 

 cuse, N. Y., 1876. 25,549 a. Made by John H. Mann. 



MacHarg's pearl spoons. 



Made of pearl, with treble hooks trimmed with feathers ; fitted with 

 swivels and snells. U. S. Fish Commission (B. & A.), 1876. 

 25,550c*. 

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