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Fishing lines. 



Sea Island cotton, white. (No. 7.) One dozen lines, 14 fathoms 

 each. Value, 1882, $1.35 per dozen. 54,393. U. S. Fish Com- 

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

 erel hand-lines. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (No. 7.) One dozen lines, 14 

 fathoms each. Value, 1882, $1.35 per dozen. 54,390. Made 

 by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. Used for mack- 

 erel hand-lines, 7 fathoms long. 



Fishing lines. 



Sea Island cotton, white. (No. 8.) One dozen lines, 14 fathoms 

 each. Value, 1882, $1.50 per dozen. 54,394. U. S. Fish Com- 

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

 erel hand-lines. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (No. 8.) One dozen lines, 14 

 fathoms each. Value, 1882, $1.50 per dozen. 54,391. Made 

 by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. Used for mack- 

 erel hand-lines, 7 fathoms long. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, white, hawser-laid. Five lines. (Nos. 8 to 12.) Length, 

 14 fathoms each. Centennial collection, 1876. 25,622. Made 

 by L. Crandail & Co., Ashaway, B. I. Used on the coasts of 

 New York and New Jersey for hand-lines, in sea fisheries. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, tarred. Two lines. (Nos. 10 and 12.) Length, 

 25 fathoms each. Centennial collection, 1876. 25,624. Made 

 by L. Crandail & Co., Ashaway, B. I. Used on southern coast 

 of New England for hand-lines in general fisheries for cod, &c. 



Fishing lines. 



Cotton, Avhite, shroud-laid. Four lines. (Nos. 10 to 13.) Length, 

 50 feet each. Centennial collection, 1876. 25,623. Made by 

 L. Crandail & Co., Ashaway, B. I. Used for hand-lines in sea- 

 fisheries on southern coast of New England. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, white, shroud-laid. (24-thread.) Length, 50 fathoms. 

 Weight, 24 ounces. Value, 1882, $0.35 per pound. 54,372. 

 Made by H. & G. W. Lord, Boston, Mass. Generally tarred 

 by the fishermen for haddock trawl-gangings. 



