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Bark — Continued. 



twine made from cypress bark is well adapted for this purpose, 

 as it breaks easily when wet, and quickly releases the buoys, 

 which would not be the case with other kinds of twine. 



GRASS LINES. 



Pishing lines. 



Grass, relaid. Assorted sizes. Centennial collection, 1876. 25,635. 

 Bradford & Anthony, Boston, Mass. Used chiefly by anglers 

 in Western States. 



Fishing lines. 



Grass, cable-laid and shroud-laid. (Nos. 0, 1, and 3.) Centennial 

 collection, 1876. 25,634. Bradford & Anthony, Boston, Mass. 

 Used chiefly by anglers in Western States. 



GUT LINES. 



[See also gut leaders, snoods, and traces attached to fish-hooks.] 

 Spanish silk-worm gut. 



For salmon, trout, and bass leaders. 45,829 to 42,835. 



Gut leaders. 



Single, double, and twisted leaders ; 3, 6, and 9 feet long. For sal- 

 mon, trout, and bass fishing. William Mills & Son. 56,995 to 

 57,001. 



Gut leaders. 



Single, double, and twisted leaders ; 3, 6, and 9 feet long. For sal- 

 mon, trout, and bass fishing. U. S. Fish Commission. (C, B. 

 &M.) 42,872. 



Gut lines. 



Samples of Foster's transparent gimp gut. Exhibited by C. Kecht, 

 New York City. 



HIDE LINES. 



Float-line. 



Line make of walrus-hide, used in the capture of walrus and whales, 

 for attaching buoys. Sledge Island, Alaska, 1880. 45,403. 

 Collected by E. W. Nelson. 



Float-line. ' 



A line made of seal-skin, used by natives when capturing the beluga, 

 for bending on buoys. Cape Darby, Alaska. 48,106. Col- 

 lected by E. W. Nelson. 



Line (Puh-noch-pak). 



Made of braided sinew, decorated with tufts of red and blue worsted 

 and long seal hair. Has an eye in one end, the other end being 



