954 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [130] 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, white, shroud-laid. (6-pound.) Length, 25 fathoms. Weight, 

 6 pounds to 300 fathoms. Value, 1882, $1.80 per 300 fathoms. 



54.375. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., ISTewburyport, Mass. 

 Used for cod trawl-gangings, 3 feet long ; and shore cod hand- 

 lines, 25 to 50 fathoms long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, hard, steam-tarred. (6-pound.) Length, 25 

 fathoms. Weight, 6 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, 

 $1.60 per dozen. 54,407. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., 

 Newburyport, Mass. Used for shore cod or pollock hand- 

 lines. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (6-pound.) Length, 25 fath- 

 oms. Weight, 6 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $1.60 

 per dozen. 54,360. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newbury- 

 port, Mass. Used for shore cod trawl-gangings, 3 feet long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam -tarred. (8-pound.) Length, 25 fathoms. 

 Weight, 8 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $2 per dozen. 

 54,361. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. 

 Used for shore cod hand-lines, 25 to 75 fathoms long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, white, shroud-laid. (9-pound.) Length, 25 fathoms. 

 Weight, 9 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $2.20 per dozen. 



54.376. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. 

 Used for shore cod or pollock hand-lines, 25 to 75 fathoms long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (10-pound.) Length, 25 fath- 

 oms. Weight, 12 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $2.40 

 per dozen. 54,362. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newbury - 

 port, Mass. Little sold now, but formerly used for shore cod 

 hand-lines, 25 to 75 fathoms long; halibut trawl gangings, 5 

 feet long ; and haddock trawl ground-lines, 1 to 3 miles long in 

 sections or "tubs" of 1,750 feet. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, white, shroud-laid. (12-pound.) Length, 25 fathoms. 

 Weight, 12 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $2.50 per dozen. 



54.377. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. 

 Used for shore cod hand-lines, 25 to 75 fathoms long. Tarred 

 by fishermen for shore cod trawl ground-lines, 500 to 2,000 

 fathoms long, in " tubs " of 250 fathoms. 



