[137] FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 961 



Hand-line tail-stock. 



Made of galvanized iron, with eye at upper end. Length, 13£ 

 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1880. 54,492. U. S. Fish Commis- 

 sion. Used in upper end of George's Bank hand-line lead sinker. 



Hand line tail-stock. 



Made of brass, with eye at each end. Length, 4J inches. Glouces- 

 ter, Mass., 1882. 54,497. U. S. Fish Commission. Used im 

 lead sinkers of shore cod hand-lines. 



Hand-line horse. 



Made by a fisherman on shipboard. Piece of manila rope 15 inches 

 long, served with twine; outer end also served with canvas 

 and inner end with leather. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 39,183.. 

 U. S. Fish Commission. Used in lead sinker of George's Bank, 

 cod hand-line. 



Hand-line horse. 



Made of white oak with brass snood-swivel at outer end. Length,, 

 18 inches. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 54,491. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Used in lead sinker of George's Bank cod hand-lines.. 



Horse and bumper. 



Made of brass, with swivel at outer end. Gloucester, Mass., 1882. 

 54,498. U. S. Fish Commission. Used in lead sinkers of shore: 

 cod hand-lines. 



Hand-line bumper. 



Made of brass, unpolished, oval shape. Gloucester, Mass., 1882.. 

 54,496. U. S. Fish Commission. These bumpers are molded, 

 into the foot of George's Bank hand-line sinkers to protect; 

 them when banged against rocky bottom. 



SET-LINE SINKERS. 



Trawl-killick. 



E. N. Twiss's patent, April, 1878. Cast-iron : two pieces of iron 

 with chisel-shaped ends crossing each other at right angles, 

 and attached to bottom of an iron shank. Length of flukes, 

 7^ inches, 1£ inches thick; shank, 10 inches long. 32,651. 

 Used for anchoring fishing-gear. 



UNDER-RUNNING: ROCK. 



Bough, oblong, flat piece of granite, around which is tied a piece 

 of fishing-line 4 feet long. Length of stone, 8£ inches ; width, 

 6 inches. Cape Ann, Mass., 1882. 51,346. U. S. Fish Com- 

 mission. Used to sink end of trawl-line when the latter is set 

 for under-running. 

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