[131] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 955 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (12-pound.) Length, 25 fath- 

 oms. Weight, 12 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $2.80 per 

 dozen. 54,363. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newbury- 

 port, Mass. Used for bank dory cod hand-lines, 25 to 75 fath- 

 oms long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (14-pound.) Length, 25 fath- 

 oms. Weight 14 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $3.15 

 per dozen. 54,364. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Xewbury- 

 port, Mass. Used for halibut trawl-gangings, 5 feet long ; and 

 haddock trawl ground-lines, in "tubs" of 1,750 feet. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, white, shroudlaid. (15-pound.) Length, 25 fathoms. 

 Weight, 15 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $3 per dozen. 

 54,378. Made by M. B. Jackman, & Co., Newburyport, Mass. 

 Used for shore cod and haddock trawl ground-lines, in "tubs" 

 of 250 fathoms each ; also for shore or bank cod hand-lines, 25 

 to 75 fathoms long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (16-pound.) Hard-laid and 

 heavily tarred. Length, 25 fathoms. Weight, 16 pounds to 

 dozen lines. Value, 1882, $3.50 per dozen. 54,365. Made by 

 M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, Mass. Used especially 

 for George's cod hand-lines, 150 fathoms long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. * (16-pound.) Length, 25 fath- 

 oms. Weight, 16 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $3.50 

 per dozen. 54,366. Made by M. B. Jackman, & Co., Newbury- 

 port, Mass. Used for haddock trawl ground-lines, 1 to 3 miles 

 long, in "tubs "of 1,750 feet; and halibut trawl-gangings, 5 

 feet long. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, white, shroud-laid. (18-pound.) Length, 25 fathoms. 

 Weight, 18 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $3.85 per 

 dozen. 54,379. Made by M. B. Jackman & Co., Newburyport, 

 Mass. Used for bank cod trawl ground-lines, 1,000 to 2,000 

 fathoms long, in "tubs" of 250 to 500 fathoms. 



Fishing line. 



Cotton, shroud-laid, steam-tarred. (18-pound.) Length, 25 fath- 

 oms. Weight, 18 pounds to dozen lines. Value, 1882, $3.75 



