[127] FISHEEIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 951 



Fishing line — Continued. 



Used by fishermen of New Jersey and Southern States for lay- 

 out or trot lines. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, blue, shroud-laid. (No. 4.) One line, 25 fathoms. Value, 

 1882, $3 per dozen. 54,351. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., 

 Newburyport, Mass. Used for snoods, 3 feet long, on pollock 

 hand-lines. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, blue, shroud-laid. (No. 5.) Length, 25 fathoms. Value, 

 1882, $3.60 per dozen. 54,352. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., 

 Newburyport, Mass. Used for snoods, 3 feet long, on pollock 

 hand-lines. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, white and oiled, cable-laid and shroud-laid. Assorted 

 sizes. (Nos. 5 to 9.) Centennial collection, 1876. 26,733 to 

 26,735 j 26,739 to 26,744. Made by J. W. Dresser, Castine, Me. 

 Used for mackerel hand-lines. One of the lines is rigged on a 

 cleat and ready for use. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, blue, shroud-laid. (No. 6.) Length, 25 fathoms. Value, 

 1882, $4 per dozen. 54,353. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., 

 Newburyport, Mass. Used for pollock hand-lines, 25 to 75 

 fathoms long. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, white. (Superior, No. 6.) One dozen lines, 14 fathoms 

 each. Value, 1882, $1.10 per dozen. 54,395. Made by M. B. 

 Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. Used for mackerel hand- 

 lines, 7 fathoms long. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (No. 6.) One dozen lines, 14 

 fathoms each. Value, 1882, $1.25 per dozen. 54,389. Made by 

 M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. Used for mackerel 

 hand-lines, 7 fathoms long. 



Fishing lines. 



Sea Island cotton, white. (No. 6.) One dozen lines, 14 fathoms 

 each. Value, 1882, $1.25 per dozen. 54,392. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. (M.B. J. & Co.) Used in 7-fathom lengths for mack- 

 erel hand-lines. 



